Values and security

Interesting contrast in recent Shawn Vestal (“Resistance to safe storage for guns is telling,” May 23, 2018) and Sue Lani Madsen (“We need culture change, not a law,” June 2, 2018) articles regarding citizens Initiative 1639. We have the typical liberal view from Mr. Vestal, that a “law” will somehow change behavior of bad people, while Ms. Madsen points out that the “law” will change the behavior of only law-abiding citizens, whose firearms pose no threat anyway!

As reported in Guardian Weekly, an October 2017 study showed that universal background check laws in Washington and Colorado have had “little measurable effect.” Look for 1639 to accomplish exactly the same thing. Several Washington state law enforcement organizations told us the background check law was “un-enforceable” before it was passed!

Unfortunately, left-leaning voters in the Puget Sound area will likely make 1639 the law, as they did I-594.

If we really want to stop violent behavior with firearms, particularly school shootings, here’s what we need: Two-parent households, teaching their kids Judeo-Christian values, and swatting butts for bad behavior. (Judeo-Christian values need have nothing to do with organized religion.)

Since the likelihood of this happening, is somewhere between zero and zero, let’s face reality and harden the security of our schools so no one gets in with a gun!

Jim Parman

Newman Lake