LETTER: 2nd Amendment

The March 18 letter “Different View” is nothing but typical Republican bull.

As a weapons owner I believe in the 2nd Amendment, but no one should have or have access to military assault-style weapons and especially the type the letter speaks of.

Yes, I absolutely agree we should teach our young people the safe use and handling of weapons but if and when it comes to military weapons they can wait until they are old enough and join the military.

Lastly, anyone who thinks a 10- or 20-day waiting period infringes on their 2nd Amendment rights, which it does not, should be denied the purchase or at least have to wait so that it can be ascertained why it’s so important to have the item without the waiting period.

Jack Clark

Port Angeles

More in Opinion

PAT NEAL: A cabin fever cure

YOU DON’T HAVE to be crazy to dig razor clams in the… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A short history of geology

THE GEOLOGY OF the Olympic Peninsula offers a fascinating glimpse into the… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Keeping New Year’s resolutions

THE SECRET OF making and keeping New Year’s resolutions is to focus… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The meaning of Christmas

With apologies to Charles Dickens. HUMBUG! I HUFFED and puffed my way… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The perfect Christmas gift

BY NOW, I’M pretty sure we’ve all had it up to here… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Yes, Virginia, there is a steelhead

(With apologies to Francis Pharcellus Church, Editor of the New York Sun,… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A Christmas survival guide

WHY CAN’T CHRISTMAS last all year? You’d better be glad that it… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A Dirty Thirties Thanksgiving

THIS IS A story about Thanksgiving in the olden days. It was… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Hunting season excuses

AND SO, ANOTHER hunting season passes astern. I hope yours went better… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Spawned-out salmon important to ecosystem

IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the river. The shadowy forms of overhanging trees… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The day after the election

THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like tent camping in the rain forest during the… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The Halloween hunt for Bigfoot

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE a hard day’s writing to make me glad I’m… Continue reading