Letters to the Editor 11-17-1997
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Editor, Times-Union:Saturday morning (Nov. 8) Mr. Gerard had an excellent column dealing with the way the media handle gun stories. Wednesday evening we have another glaring example. Indianapolis Monday night two women were slightly wounded when some moron dropped a .32-caliber derringer out of his shirt pocket and the American Health Association is screaming its head off about more gun control.
Now don't take me wrong. I'm not trying to minimize the incident; it could have been a whole lot worse. Why any idiot would be carrying such a weapon, let alone in his shirt pocket, is beyond me. But what really blows my mind is the organization's reaction to it. In order to make my point I will take you back a few months and use an example similar to Mr. Gerard's, only in the same town as the accident.
"When two men wearing Halloween masks, one of them armed, entered her Indianapolis, Indiana, apartment, Wajibu Wynn knew they were not trick-or-treaters. She awoke to hear a commotion in her living room and reached for her pistol. Her sister had been accosted by one of the men after having been sprayed with a mace-like chemical spray. The men were forcing the woman to a back bedroom when Wynn emerged with her gun and shot one of the intruders, killing him. The second attacker fled, but was apprehended a short time later." (The Star, Indianapolis, May 16, 1997)
So here we have it again. An accident of little importance is blown way out of proportion and jumped on by an organization supposedly dedicated to the public health as an example of how dangerous our society has become. While just a few months ago a real news story goes virtually unreported because a fireman was used for good. Makes me wonder if someone at the American Public Health Association has their head screwed on properly. Seems to me Ms. Wynn and her sister are in a whole lot better health because one of them possessed a firearm and was quite capable of using it.
Harold Kitson
Warsaw
No Dumping
Editor, Times-Union:My lawn is not a dump!
At least once a week I have to dispose of some idiot's empty Bud Light bottle (still in the brown bag) and many times empty beer cans, pop cans and carry-out sandwich wrappers. I live on a corner lot; I am also partly handicapped, so why should I get rid of someone else's trash? I'm sure the guilty party can recognize himself and use a Dumpster or his own garbage can. I am also a nondrinking senior citizen, so shouldn't I be perturbed?
Juanita Harman
Warsaw
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Gun Stories
Editor, Times-Union:Saturday morning (Nov. 8) Mr. Gerard had an excellent column dealing with the way the media handle gun stories. Wednesday evening we have another glaring example. Indianapolis Monday night two women were slightly wounded when some moron dropped a .32-caliber derringer out of his shirt pocket and the American Health Association is screaming its head off about more gun control.
Now don't take me wrong. I'm not trying to minimize the incident; it could have been a whole lot worse. Why any idiot would be carrying such a weapon, let alone in his shirt pocket, is beyond me. But what really blows my mind is the organization's reaction to it. In order to make my point I will take you back a few months and use an example similar to Mr. Gerard's, only in the same town as the accident.
"When two men wearing Halloween masks, one of them armed, entered her Indianapolis, Indiana, apartment, Wajibu Wynn knew they were not trick-or-treaters. She awoke to hear a commotion in her living room and reached for her pistol. Her sister had been accosted by one of the men after having been sprayed with a mace-like chemical spray. The men were forcing the woman to a back bedroom when Wynn emerged with her gun and shot one of the intruders, killing him. The second attacker fled, but was apprehended a short time later." (The Star, Indianapolis, May 16, 1997)
So here we have it again. An accident of little importance is blown way out of proportion and jumped on by an organization supposedly dedicated to the public health as an example of how dangerous our society has become. While just a few months ago a real news story goes virtually unreported because a fireman was used for good. Makes me wonder if someone at the American Public Health Association has their head screwed on properly. Seems to me Ms. Wynn and her sister are in a whole lot better health because one of them possessed a firearm and was quite capable of using it.
Harold Kitson
Warsaw
No Dumping
Editor, Times-Union:My lawn is not a dump!
At least once a week I have to dispose of some idiot's empty Bud Light bottle (still in the brown bag) and many times empty beer cans, pop cans and carry-out sandwich wrappers. I live on a corner lot; I am also partly handicapped, so why should I get rid of someone else's trash? I'm sure the guilty party can recognize himself and use a Dumpster or his own garbage can. I am also a nondrinking senior citizen, so shouldn't I be perturbed?
Juanita Harman
Warsaw
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