Letter - In-step with residents about guns
I may not be in step with the metro law enforcement, but I am “in step” with residents of Otter Tail and Douglas counties who want to exercise the second amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
To the editor:
With regards to the “out of step” letter from Jerry Horgen [Echo Press, July 25, 2012]: I may not be in step with the metro law enforcement, but I am “in step” with residents of Otter Tail and Douglas counties who want to exercise the second amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
As a former sheriff, I agree that law abiding people should be able to protect themselves. I, along with many rural chiefs and sheriffs, have issued hundreds of permits to carry handguns. These, again, are law abiding folks who, in my experience, never once committed a crime with their handguns.
What Mr. Horgen doesn’t seem to know is that in the “good guys vs. bad guys” world, the bad guys have guns and use them without getting permits from the cops. Therefore, if being out of step means that I vote in the Senate for law abiding citizens to be able to exercise their right under the second amendment, then I guess I am out of step (at least according to Mr. Horgen).
State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen
Alexandria, MN
(A paid political letter)
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