Communities can't pick and choose rights
Your recent letter from state Sen. Julie Morrison is compelling, to say the least. (Let local communities ban assault weapons, June 21). It's vital that Americans reject such pernicious ideas if we wish to stay free.
The senator's pretext lacks any semblance of coherence. First, Morrison cites the demon in Orlando as one of the reasons for her initiative. A local ban wouldn't have helped -- he resided two hours away.
Second, she conveniently ignores that the nightclub was a "gun-free zone" -- facilitating the slaughter by leaving the victims defenseless.
Third, it's a maxim that those bent on murder are not wont to obey the law. If the senator's limited faculty for logic isn't enough, her ostensibly dismal comprehension of our republic and its charter should be convincing to the skeptic.
Morrison's proposal to give power to municipalities, counties, or states to nullify one of the amendments comprising the Bills Of Rights is patently un-American and a threat to all our freedoms.
Would she deem any of the others also dangerous to "public safety"? Would the senator dare call to ban the Koran in the name of safety?
Our precious freedoms, preserved and defended for 240 years, were never intended by the Founders as a cafeteria for politicians. Eliminating even one would make a slippery slope.
Elected officials especially should have a superior grasp of American civics: a thorough understanding of government limits as set forth in the Constitution.
Sen. Morrison doesn't seem to, but of course among politicians, she's not an anomaly.
Regardless, we have a better choice come November.
Glenn Garamoni
Ivanhoe