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Below you will find my response to this story in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Oct. 2nd. Here's the story:
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldlea

der/news/100201/statedocs/02guns.htm

"The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good
citizen driven to despair." - H.L. Mencken

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Claude A. Bohn <mi2radical4u@juno.com>
To: hleditorial@herald-leader.com
Cc: mi2radical4u@juno.com
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:30:32 -0400
Subject: State gun lock campaign
Message-ID: <20011006.113037.-4085467.14.mi2ra

dical4u@juno.com>

Concerning the October 2 story in the Lexington Herald-Leader, regarding
the State sponsored gun-lock campaign: In this brief article, one is immediately exposed to the level of "victimization" that has been inflicted on an ignorant and credulous population by their own "domestic" traitors and "terrorist." I am referring to those pragmatic opportunist
and trimmers we euphemistically refer to as "politicians," and their fawning propagandists in our "so-called "free" press and academe. The American "sheeple" have now, nearly completely, surrendered their rights - and their brains? - to these folks, in a Faustian bargain to trade freedom for the illusion of security.
A gun lock cannot, should not, be placed on a loaded weapon; and an unloaded (and locked?) gun is merely a paper weight; it is as useless as teats on a boar! Forget the gun locks! They are merely another State sponsored - and taxpayer funded - attempt to demonize guns in general, and the birthright of every freeman, the right of SELF defense,
specifically. After all, the average citizen is much too stupid and incompetent to be "trusted" to defend himself; that task MUST be surrendered to our masters. Poppycock! That's the same nonsense Hitler spoon fed to the German citizens - aided by the propaganda ministers in
the media. Will we continue to ignore the lessons and the results of that Big Lie? Ask someone who lived in Nazi Germany how "secure" they felt after they surrendered their right to self protection to "the authorities".

My father owned guns throughout my entire childhood, and not once was I,
nor any of my siblings, tempted to touch them without his permission and his presence. The main reason for our lack of puerile curiosity was the fact that my father educated us about guns. This he saw as his responsibility, and he took it as seriously as any other. Of course, if
you refuse to be responsible for yourself, the government will be only too happy to assume the task for you. After all, it's for your own good.

Sincerely,

Claude A. Bohn
6700 Creston Drive
Louisville, KY. 40258
502-933-7442