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Letter to the editor: Love letter to new gun owners

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1 Min Read Feb. 27, 2021 | 5 years Ago
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The past few years have been quite a roller coaster for all of us. We’ve had a pandemic, tumultuous elections, riots of all shapes and sizes, and in the cases of some of us, an assault on our very livelihoods.

I’m sure you new gun owners have various views and opinions on all these and many other topics that face our modern culture. What you have in common is the active choice you’ve made in order to take responsibility for your citizenship by becoming a firearms owner.

Choosing to become a member of the culture that takes an active role in their personal protection demonstrates your desire for more than just firearms knowledge but a desire for freedom that comes with real consequences. We balance these consequences with the consequences of passively allowing those who believe they can legislate behavior, and we choose the former. We do so because of a strong sense of self-determination that is instilled in all productive citizens of the United States.

We believe that, given the opportunity, we will be responsible for our success in life. And we see the value in protecting that responsibility, not only for ourselves but for those whom we love and wish to protect.

Andrew Soltis

Wilkins

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