Gun Propaganda
Tuesday, July 18, 2000
Paul Rolly's Column (Tribune, June 11) concerning the failure of the "Safe to Learn, Safe to Worship" petition drive reports that, according to one petition organizer, the petition failed because of "Soccer moms who quite frankly worried about what might happened if they encountered an angry gun owner when they knocked on a door. The result was that the petitions sat gathering dust on a lot of kitchen drain boards."
Assuming that this fear of "angry gun owners" indeed played a role in the failure of the petition, then a fair question to ask is, "Who created this fear?" Gun controllers have for years been peddling the lie that gun owners (about half of all Americans) are dangerous rednecks. Apparently a number of "soccer moms" believed them. I can only interpret this to mean that the petition drive failed in part because its supporters fell victim to their own propaganda. How ironic!
SETH JARVIS
Salt Lake City
From the Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/2000/Jul/07182000/public_f/67987.htm
