YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
letters
Letter of the day: We're reaping what the Legislature sowed
- Updated: March 5, 2008 - 6:39 PM
resize text 
- buy reprints
The March 2 editorial against expanding a citizen's right to self-defense ("No need to expand state self-defense laws") refused to acknowledge the environment that the Legislature has created. If we stopped attracting nonworking people from Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and Mexico with our lavish welfare giveaways, law-abiding citizens would have less to fear. If we reversed our extremely high parole rate and extremely low incarceration rate, law-abiding citizens would have less to fear. We created government to preserve our life and property. When it actively works against that mission, it drives us all back to the "Wild West."
MARTIN R. WELLENS, SHOREWOOD
- resize text
- buy reprints
ADVERTISEMENT
about opinion
The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Department to foster discussion about key issues. The Editorial Board represents the institutional voice of the Star Tribune and operates independently of the newsroom.
- Submit a letter or commentary
- Readers Write (Feb. 10): Marriage amendment, precinct caucuses, 3M
- Letter of the Day (Feb. 10): Hit-and-run
- Readers Write (Feb. 9): Election results, health care, animal welfare, L.K. Hanson
- Letter of the Day (Feb. 9): St. Olaf Choir
- Readers Write (Feb. 7): Right to work, the environment, achievement gap, Amy Senser, academia
- Letter of the Day (Feb. 8): 3M
- Readers Write (Feb. 8): Joel Maturi, Susan B. Komen, trapping, Vikings stadium
- Readers Write (Jan. 20): Bonding bill, labor, Paula Deen, Vikings
ADVERTISEMENT
inside the StarTribune
-
425 Portland Av. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55488
(612) 673-4000
- Company
- Subscriber Services
- Website
- Buy Ads
- Store
- Connect with Us
© 2012 StarTribune. All rights reserved.
StarTribune.com is powered by Limelight Networks
Newspaper Subscriptions
eEdition
RSS
Newsletters
