{"id":96930,"date":"2009-12-23T18:41:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T23:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2010581637_citygunbanrufflesfeathers.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2009-12-23T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T23:41:37","slug":"city-gun-ban-ruffles-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/96930","title":{"rendered":"City gun ban ruffles feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Response to letter writer \u2014 keep the guns at home<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am writing in response to the \u201cAdieu to Nickels\u201d letter by Bruce Colwell of Burien [\u201cCity\u2019s gun ban,\u201d Opinion, Northwest Voices, Dec. 18].<\/p>\n

I take issue with Colwell\u2019s statement ensuring his right to carry a concealed weapon everywhere is protected.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I grew up in a hunting family and don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t buy Bob Warden\u2019s argument that one must carry concealed guns into parks to ensure that a child and grandchild\u2019s 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?<\/p>\n

Just to prove a point it seems.<\/p>\n

Allowing concealed weapons in our parks is a tragedy waiting to happen.<\/p>\n

To say that you should have a right to carry a concealed weapon everywhere for your children\u2019s and grandchildren\u2019s safety is a hollow argument, no matter how responsible a gun owner you might claim to be.<\/p>\n

Please keep your guns at home, safely locked up, as they should be.<\/p>\n

\u2014 William McCollough, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Response to letter writer \u2014 keep the guns at home I am writing in response to the \u201cAdieu to Nickels\u201d letter by Bruce Colwell of Burien [\u201cCity\u2019s gun ban,\u201d Opinion, Northwest Voices, Dec. 18]. I take issue with Colwell\u2019s statement ensuring his right to carry a concealed weapon everywhere is protected. Colwell, I also have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}