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From: "Richard Partridge" <rlpartridge@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:50:10 -0600
To: <kmartccn@kmart.com>, <feedback@bluelight.com>
Cc: <letters@keepandbeararms.com>,
<utgoa@yahoogroups.com>
K-Mart's decision to stop selling guns and
ammunition is NOT just stupid and NOT just a bad business decision.
Our nation is under attack. It is precisely
when a free nation is under attack that its citizens most need to be able to arm
themselves.
So far, we have been blessed in that we have
not suffered an invasion of our land and there have not been riots. But law
enforcement and emergency services personnel are overwhelmed and at times unable
to respond to routine calls for assistance. Dialing 911 may only bring the body
bags and chalk, and the perpetrator may be brought to justice before your dead
body turns to dust. In other words, people need to be able to take
responsibility for themselves wherever possible. Those who choose to do so
should be commended and encouraged.
The fact that a few hijackers armed only with
knives and box cutters were able to murder tens of thousands of innocent people
is nightmarish. I wonder that had K-Mart been around, would they have refused to
sell firearms to the colonists at Lexington and Concord too. (Ironically,
they're still selling knives and box cutters.)
I feel it appropriate to point out that much of
the carnage that occurred yesterday could have been prevented by armed citizens,
law enforcement officers, or sky marshals.
Had the passengers been taught that fighting
back is the honorable and appropriate response to thugs, things would likely
have turned out differently. It now appears that this is exactly what happened
on the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania - the passengers attempted to subdue
the hijackers. They gave their lives, but prevented the deaths of countless
others, and the possible destruction of Camp David, the White House or the
Capitol. They upheld our proud tradition of American heroism.
Nearly 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin wrote:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety".
Kmart has been the primary source of
merchandise for me and my family. Can you assure me that I will feel justified
in continuing that trust or will you continue to buckle under to those who have
no concern for our rights of providing for the defense of my family, friends and
community?
Sincerely,
Richard L. Partridge, LCDR, USNR (retired)
