Today's JG rant and Fox and Rush read Lex

Re: Letter “Many ways to take a stand on gun laws”, Jean Harper et al of Apr 1, 2018

The letter by these “educators” makes no mention of which of America’s existing 20,000 plus gun laws they wish to take a stand on.  Neither do the “educators” offer a single proposal for “common-sense gun reform.”  Like all grabber letters it is but another emotional appeal to simply “do something!” 

Foolishly, the writers try to claim that the issue is a “human issue” rather than a Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, millennial, boomer, male, female or religious issue. What a bunch gobooldygook.  What’s next, a call to contribute to “The Human Fund”? 

It’s a human issue? Okay let’s run with that.  What is the first natural law for us humans?  The first natural law is the right to self-defense.  So now maybe the writers want to rethink that “human issue” nonsense. 

These “educators” want you to believe that this is not a Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal issue?  That’s total garbage. Though most of us are publicly educated, we’re not that stupid. 

There are outliers on both sides of the political divide on this issue, but you’d have to be an ignoramus or in a vegetative state not to have recognized by now that one party (Democrat) is intent on eliminating your means of self-defense while the other (Republican) is protecting it. 

Not a male, female issue?  You’re kidding, right? Smith & Wesson have done more to promote women’s equality than all of the feminists since Susan B. Anthony combined. 

Not a religious issue?  Well to the extent that one of the Ten Commandments – Thou shall not murder - goes to the heart of the matter, maybe it is religious.  The great warrior/philosopher Sun Tsu said, “The moral is to the physical as ten is to one.” Trace school violence and the decline of public education back to the 1970’s when “educators” got God kicked out the classroom and see what you find. 

The fact that these “educators” are so quick to dismiss any moral component from the solution is proof positive that they are but the latest in long line of leftist JG letter writers that just want the Second Amendment gone. 

Many ways to take a stand on gun laws

We are educators who were forced, actually, into becoming activists. There comes a point when it is impossible to not “walk your talk and stand where you live.” Simply stated, we want common-sense gun reform.

An often-asked question is, “What can I do?” There are many ways to make your voice heard. Write to your congressmen and congresswomen detailing your position. Call those same legislators and reiterate your stance.

We invite and encourage our colleagues, former students and other interested citizens to join us in becoming and remaining aware and active – to make a difference. Write letters; arrange a “march together with friends” and participate in one of the organized marches; contact your local political party headquarters and ask what you can do to help; attend the town hall meetings scheduled in your area; hold those vital discussions and debates with friends and colleagues about what solutions might look like; do the soul-searching required to discover exactly what you are willing and able to do.

Most importantly, recognize that this is not a Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, millennial, boomer, male, female or religious issue. It is a human issue and, unfortunately, an American issue. An intricately complicated problem will never have a simple, one-aspect solution. Now is the time for each of us to make the vow to make a difference, and we can only do that if we know the facts and doggedly check the facts as we listen and speak. If not now, when? If not us, who?

Vowing to make a difference,

Jean Harper, Uniondale

Marlyn Koons, Ossian

Billy Kreigh, Bluffton

Amy Leeson, Fort Wayne

Anna (Parks) Spalding, Ossian 

Fox News/Rush Read Lex
Fox New came out and backed one of their talents – FINALLY.  Fox issued a brief statement that it would not be intimidated by the puny self-admitted child David the Hogg and looked forward to Laura Ingraham’s return to her show next week.  Even Rush Limbaugh offered Ingraham support in the first hour his show on Mon.  It’s about time. Here’s the list of Ingraham’s gutless leftists advertisers who bailed on her: 

Bayer, Hulu, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual, Wayfair, Entertainment Studio, Office Depot, Expida, Principal Finance, Honda, Progressive Insurance, Jenny Craig, Ruby Tuesday, Jos A. Bank, Stitch Fix, TripAdvisor and (not fit for dogs) Nutrish pet foods 

Since I do not shop much, it’s pretty easy for me to avoid these companies, so I will.