Response to letter writer — keep the guns at home
I am writing in response to the “Adieu to Nickels” letter by Bruce Colwell of Burien [“City’s gun ban,” Opinion, Northwest Voices, Dec. 18].
I take issue with Colwell’s statement ensuring his right to carry a concealed weapon everywhere is protected.
Colwell, I also have a right to go to a Seattle city park knowing that my family and I are safe from gun-toting citizens like you.
I grew up in a hunting family and don’t have an issue with people being able to have guns to hunt, but when you begin bringing concealed weapons into public places, that is where your right ends.
I’m afraid I don’t buy Bob Warden’s argument that one must carry concealed guns into parks to ensure that a child and grandchild’s safety is guaranteed. Guns are not allowed in federal courthouses, schools, hospitals, airports or on airplanes. Why should you be allowed to carry a gun into a city park?
Just to prove a point it seems.
Allowing concealed weapons in our parks is a tragedy waiting to happen.
To say that you should have a right to carry a concealed weapon everywhere for your children’s and grandchildren’s safety is a hollow argument, no matter how responsible a gun owner you might claim to be.
Please keep your guns at home, safely locked up, as they should be.
— William McCollough, Seattle