Nice letter to BIDEN from the Nugent

[Krull]

Joe,

Congratulations on your appointment to lead a presidential commission to end gun-related violence.

 

As a National Rifle Association board member, husband, father, grandfather, law enforcement officer and genuinely concerned American, I too want

 

nothing more than to see evil, senseless massacres stopped. I concur with the president and caring people everywhere: It’s time to end these

 

slaughters.

 

As you gather your team to study massacres and how to stop them, I offer to you my services and a lifetime of expertise on guns in all their

 

implementations. While I strongly differ with President Obama on many issues, I agree with him that we must work with all we can possibly muster to

 

end these tragedies.

 

As you begin to formulate your thoughts on how to proceed with your task, I hope your starting point is to provide the president with the facts regarding

 

these slaughters and to offer him common-sense recommendations that are void of a political agenda and will actually make a meaningful difference.

 

If the American people smell a political agenda here, that will only bog down our efforts.

 

In the spirit of goodwill and a deep desire to end gut-wrenching, incredibly sad and senseless rampages, I offer you the following recommendations:

 

I encourage you to persuade the president to lead this effort by providing a number of public service announcements. The announcements should

 

include watching out for each other, encouraging parents to be more involved in their children’s lives regarding entertainment choices, and knowing

 

various indicators we should watch for in people who are unstable.

 

 

 

Clearly, the focus on solving these mass murders must be on the mentally ill. In almost every instance of mass killing, there were ample red flags and

 

warning alarms that either were avoided or were not acted upon by mental health professionals, family members, friends and acquaintances. While I

 

deeply respect an individual’s privacy and civil liberties, the American people need basic awareness of what indicators to look for regarding potentially

 

violent, psychotic people. Our collective safety begins with being collectively vigilant.

 

You will find in your assessment that all of the massacres have occurred in gun-free zones. What gun-free zones create is an environment where good

 

people are unarmed and virtually defenseless against an unstable person intent on committing mass murder. Gun-free zones are modern killing fields.

 

I implore you to recommend that Congress pass a law to ban gun-free zones immediately.

 

 

 

Just like your full-time, armed security detail, qualified citizens with authorized, legal concealed-carry permits should be able to carry weapons virtually

 

everywhere to protect themselves, their loved ones and innocents.

 

I also implore you to strongly consider recommending that trained school officials have access to weapons to protect students. Just as airline pilots

 

may have access to a weapon to prevent another Sept. 11 mass murder, school officials also should be trained to stop shooting sprees at our schools

.

I don’t encourage you to recommend a ban on any weapon, magazine capacity or type of ammunition. That won’t accomplish anything other than

 

prevent the 99.9 percent of responsible, law-abiding Americans from enjoying these modern weapons as we do now. We should never recommend or

 

develop public policy that restricts the rights of the good guys based upon what evil people do or might do. If that were the case, alcohol still would be

 

banned. As you may know, drunk drivers kill an estimated 12,000 Americans each year and hurt tens of thousands more.

 

 

 

I encourage you also to keep this misnamed “gun violence” in perspective. While all deaths are tragic, the vast majority of gun-related murders and

 

violence are committed by gang members who do not use guns that look like — but do not perform like — military assault weapons. The majority of

 

crimes that involve a firearm are committed with handguns. I concurred with you back in 2008 when you stated, “If [Mr. Obama] tries to fool with my

 

Beretta, he’s got a problem.” I trust you still maintain those sentiments.

 

Again, I offer you my services and a lifetime of expertise. I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Sincerely,

Ted Nugent

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I like that.

[urdubob]

love it!

[Guest Cold Dead Hands]

:cool:

[Seabeejason]

I am sure Biden will consider that while he is meeting with Michael Bloomberg and the fine folks at The Brady Campaign. They will think about it when crafting their gun registration bill, all the while dreaming of their ultimate goal.......confiscation.

I am sure some legislation will pop up soon and it absolutely will not be fair for gun owners. I read on an article a few minutes ago that a White House aide said this "task force" is trying to think of laws that Obama can enact by signing an executive order. They want to bypass Congress if it is possible. They know that the Republicans will likely shoot down anything that is too drastic.

If the majority of intelligent Americans have any common sense they will tell Obama, Biden and their cronies to kick rocks.

Molon Labe Edited January 8, 2013 by Seabeejason

[peejman]

Biden will never see it.  The aide that checks his email for him will see the sender and delete it, assuming he's not already blocked. 

[mikegideon]

Biden will never see it.  The aide that checks his email for him will see the sender and delete it, assuming he's not already blocked. 

 

That's why the letter was published. It wasn't for Biden's eyes to begin with. Well written, BTW

[Guest cardcutter]

What is the source for this? I would love to repost it on face book.

[m16ty]

I hear that they are giving the NRA a token seat at the table. I highly doubt they will listen to anything they have to say though.

[Krull]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/31/open-letter-to-joe-biden-on-guns/?page=all

 

 

Here is where i found it ----

Edited January 9, 2013 by Krull

[sgjay]

Since Ted sits on the board he should be invited to the meeting. He makes a clearer point than Lapierre.