Recently on Fox “News” (of all places) you said: “It
sounds crass, but frankly the best way to stop a bad person with a gun is to
have a good person with a weapon that is equal or superior to the one that he’s
using.”
I know you’ve received criticism from so-called
Liberals for this comment made so soon after the recent tragedy in South
Carolina. Well, this is one “Liberal” who is not
ashamed to congratulate you for stating the obvious: Superior firepower is
critical during a gunfight. I would
think this especially so in a House of Worship, where heavy wooden pews and
alcoves can provide cover for assailants.
This criticism is just a knee-jerk reaction by
people without visualizing an outcome in a real-world
scenario. Please allow me to provide a scenario of what might have happened had the
Congregation at that small black church been armed to the teeth.
The action starts when the bad guy enters, weapon drawn. Joe Bob Stutlerwell looks up from the Field and Stream hidden inside his hymnal,
draws his Glock and starts firing away at the intruder. His seventh shot wings the
culprit. The first nailed a retired nun, the second caught the Bippler infant
right in the Dr. Denton’s. Shots number three through five finished off the
Gambelli Triplets and bullet number seven got the attention of Rufus Bodling-Klumpf,
who had his favorite Uzi under his duster.
In a blistering display of questionable
marksmanship, Rufus then wiped out most of the Children's Choir before the first note of "Bringing in the Sheaves." No self-respecting minister can stand by for that, so the Very Reverend "Dead-Eye" Mickleswurth raced
to his 20 MM gun tower (pulpit right, underneath the cross), swung
those twin bad boys around and let loose a fusillade of deadly fire into the
Congregation.
By the time all was toted up, the toll was 53 dead and 17
wounded, including Dylann Roof, who spent the rest of the gunfight hunkered
safely under a pew and who is expected to make a full recovery.
So Huzzah! Mike Huckabee, for your clear-headed thinking that
isn't at all beholden to your desire tor NRA campaign support. I suspect it is
more likely due to a hitherto undiscovered recessive Gene in your unforked
family tree.
Sincerely,
John Corcoran Jr.
