Giving “Gun Shy” a Bad Name

Posted below is a letter to Dear Abby about a gun toting parishioner in Noo Yawk City:

DEAR ABBY: My parents told me that a member of their congregation carries a licensed gun when he’s in church. He is not a law enforcement officer or a private security guard but keeps the gun on him “for protection.” When I asked what the pastor has to say about this, I was told, “He doesn’t know or can’t do anything about it.”

I suggested that Mom and Dad speak to the congregation board of directors because they are legally and financially responsible for the church. They refused, even though they are not happy about this gun issue.

My parents have a long history of complaining about things but doing nothing to resolve them. I feel that if someone needs to carry a gun at all times, I don’t want to be in his presence. If he’s the target of an assassination, the killer might shoot the wrong person. I will not set foot in the church as long as that man is there.

I’m not sure what bothers me more — that this man is packing heat or that my parents have valid concerns and won’t speak out. What do you think? — Gun-Shy in N.Y.C.

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Of course, it is easy to see that the above Gun Shy from the article does not represent my views and has no relation to me. I originally took the pen name Gun Shy Tourist when I first started writing my blog, because so many tourists in Orlando were being car jacked, shot, or robbed at gunpoint, and since I was writing about Orlando crime, I figured it was apropos. Since then I have decided to focus more on the criminals inhabiting the white house, congress and the senate these days as well. As the readers know, I am a fervent supporter of the second amendment and a gun enthusiast, and quite frankly if the parishioners had been armed in this church, this pastor might still be alive today.

Other faiths such as Judaism have made the realization that they need more security because of the condition of the world, and have taken steps to increase protection such as this and this.