Letter to the reporter. Letter to sheriff seems pretty useless idea.
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Dear Mr. Schultz,
Sheriff Brown won't do it but maybe you will.
Read some of John Lott's books and Gary Kleck's research. Look at the crime stats for the states which have gone "shall issue" as opposed to highly controlled places like Washington DC or Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans. The facts of two decades of "shall issue" support concealed carry, even within the rural communities of CA, as a means to making life safer for all.
The example cited by Brown of fender benders resulting in firefights is a myth deployed anytime "shall issue" or concealed carry is advocated. Would the result have been any different in the cited case? Perhaps not, gun or no gun. Brown is claiming second-sight when he says the preseence of a gun was the difference between life and death. If he is so blessed with such prescience I am sure he can predict earthquakes and all manner of things.
If having guns about is so dangerous, then I am sure the good sheriff would disarm his troops, wouldn't he? Brown also knows I am sure that police as a matter of law have no obligation to protect any one individual, so he can deny people the individual right of effective self-defense without any legal comebacks from the dead or their relatives. He also has the luxury of being in a low-crime region, anyway, due to demographics. It isn't his skills as a LEO keeping things quiet, I suspect.
I guess Brown has read his history, though. German history. "Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA. Ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State." - Heinrich Himmler 1936. Especially Jewish citizens, but they could not join.
Just remember, when seconds count, the police are just minutes away. It is not their fault, either, because "Minority Report" was a movie, it is not what really happens. Police are reacting more than 95% of the time. There are not enough of them to go around.
Thanks for quoting from both sides in your article. Nice to see some balance
