The Editor,
Re: “Shocked and horrified at ad flyer for guns” (Letters, The Tri-City News, June 28).
After reading the letter writer’s reaction to an ad for firearms in the back of a flyer, I wasn’t sure if amusement or deep dread for the future of humanity was the appropriate response to feel.
With all due respect to Pat Dewhirst and all those who are so irrationally afraid of firearms, I want to extend to you my advice: Learn and educate yourselves. Heck, even have a little fun with a gun at the range now and then. Respect the firearm and you’ll learn to respect those who legally choose to own them.
Legal ownership of firearms is growing in this country and it’s not due to “pockets of ignorance.” Ms. Dewhirst, your problem would be with illegal firearms as “potential murder weapons.” And, as adults, let’s admit to ourselves that those aren’t coming from the Cabela’s flyer.
So, before we send out letters to the editor that make us seem like terrified children suffering from the very same ignorance that they are accusing everyone else of, let’s calm down, think rationally. And if we’re still at the point of hysteria, realize that even if you don’t agree with an ad in a flyer, your unfounded fears shouldn’t be the basis upon what is and is not featured in future ads for the rest of us.
Matthew Cornfoot, Surrey
