Having read Marty Essen’s letter and the “rebuttal” by Mike Miller, I find the latter to be completely without substance or solutions. Miller seems to dribble personal insults and blame on the former administration without any substantiation. What is a “liberal elite” and a “liberal state?” But while we’re at it, let’s blame Obama for the hurricanes and forest fires too, Mr. Miller. Perhaps there should be the offering of “thoughts and prayers” for the victims rather than objectively face the serious gun issues as well as mental health issues that confound the nation and propose real bipartisan solutions. I guess if you live in a “less than urban” setting that your perspective is regretfully, “less than urban” or national, even though the last time I checked, this was the United States of America and that includes all areas. Gun issues are a national conundrum, not only isolated to urban environments. Miller also suggests that we put our political differences aside and unite; yet in the next breath, he continues his provincial condemnation of where someone lives or hails from. It is often typical for those of his ilk to say “if you don’t like it, leave.” That reminds me of the rancid “America, Love It or Leave It” attitude in the 60’s and 70’s Vietnam era. I have a better saying: “America, Change It or Lose It.”
Joseph C. Allen
Florence