The Greenville News

There are 22,000 gun laws in the US. What some people seem to not understand is that criminals DO NOT abide by any law.

Gun confiscation is an act of dictators. Think Hitler's "gun control act" of 1937. He said the nation would be safer, blah, blah, blah. Taking away civilians' guns makes us less safe, not more safe.

As far AR15 rifles, they are NOT assault rifles. By definition an assault is a fully automatic weapon.

Fact is, according to a study, more than 2 million times a year, lives are saved by a "good guy" with a gun. You may not want a gun. That's your business. But what are the gonna do when you wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning and find four thugs breaking into your house?

Sometimes you may need a rifle with a high-capacity mag. Or are you gonna be like a young man I was talking to about gun confiscation? When asked this question, he said he would just let them take what they wanted and leave. How naive is he?

I was a law enforcement officer for 36+ years. If you live in a rural area or even a big city, it may take anywhere from 15 minutes to sometimes 45 minutes for police to get to a crime scene. By then it's too late.

So, leave my guns alone. How about locking up the criminals, and keeping them locked up?

James E. Anderson

Pendleton