Letters to the editor for Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

COLUMNIST’S PRIORITIES WRONG

Editor:

Glen McAdoo’s column on priorities (Nov. 11) is another great example “For you, the right of anyone to buy any number of weapons they may choose, no matter how deadly, without a background check or any delay whatsoever is more important than the lives of children ... parishioners in church....

Common sense would tell McAdoo no person in their right mind places no background checks or any delay over the lives of our children and church members but, once again, you have distorted the facts to attempt to make the majority of Americans to appear that they would like to supply guns to every criminal in our country. The truth is the founding fathers knew we needed the right to protect ourselves from government takeover etc. And to say Hillary would never take our guns away is ridiculous. It is my humble opinion that Hillary and most Democrats will do anything necessary to make the government bigger and more powerful. That is not the only reason I won’t vote for Hillary. Finally everyone in this country wants to stop mass homicides and if background checks and delays would do that it would be wonderful. However, taking guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens will not curtail mass shootings, in fact I believe it has been documented the more guns law abiding citizens have the less crime occurs. Remember guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

The statement of “Supporting legislation to curb mass homicides….” is great. Background checks, absolutely! Government control of our guns. Absolutely not! No Democratic legislation will be able to remove guns from the hands of criminals but they can and are making it tougher for law-abiding citizens of this great country.

Keep up the good work NRA!

As to Christians being opposed to war, I believe McAdoo should read through the Old Testament before making such statements.

As to abortion, it is hard for me to believe that 10,000 babies per day are put to death because the mother’s life is in danger or pregnant due to rape or incest.

Bill Slentz

Fallon

A ‘SPECIALIST’ GUIDES US

Editor:

In September Gov. Brian Sandoval congratulated Nevada for being “the best in the nation in water conversation and drought management.” He added that he wants “concrete proposals for future action.”

I have little knowledge in climatology, meteorology, or drought management, so I don’t expect this feeble letter to add to Sandoval’s solid recommendations. This is a letter to alert us, that despite all the clamor to the contrary, there is a “Specialist” who has an answer for our increasing problems, including the weather.

Majority opinion is not always wise. We need a guideline that does not waver. Our Constitution is that guideline, and our Constitution is solidly founded upon an even older guideline, the Bible. That manuscript lays out a moral road map that we have ignored to our peril. We have unleashed a river of innocent blood. We have scorned the wisdom and influence of the Bible. We have thumbed our nose at God. We have allowed a cruel tsunami of sex traffic. Yes, in America! Las Vegas is infamous and most truck stops should be under suspicion. We allow pornography to destroy lives and feed billions to perpetrators.

We squander our God-given responsibility to be a nation of light, not darkness. God cannot bless us if we scorn His better judgment. There is a way back. Repentance. Humility.

Confessing our wrong-doing, asking God to lead us back to His way. We can’t wait for economists, politicians, or educators to make the difference. We must personally, friend to friend, family to family, community to community, take time to pray together and trust God to revive His goodness and mercy in our lives and in our nation.

Mary Glaesman

Fallon

APPRECIATES COLUMNIST’S FACTS

Editor:

I would like to voice my vote of appreciation for Jeanette Strong’s column “Republicans and Amateur Hour.”

As always she provides us with a sane voice with facts and history, in the midst of those loud, boisterous voices shouting with ignorance, inexperience, and both racial and ethnic bias!

I would also add some further comments provoked by those same Republican voices fanning the flames of senseless fear since the terrorist events in Paris.

Are we to repeat our refusal to act as we did during the holocaust when we denied the fleeing Jews of Europe admission to our country as refugees.

Are we to repeat the round-up an ethnic group living in our country and their incarceration in concentration camps as we did to our Japanese citizens during WWII?

Both were fear driven racist acts by our country that we now look back on with shame and guilt!

This is not what our country stands for. We are a strong, secure, welcoming, and moral country. We should not be led by politicians who fan the flames of senseless fear; by politicians attacking Syrian refugees and creating an environment where racist attacks are more prevalent and hate only creates the breeding ground for more hate and more terrorist groups!

Sharon Hedges-Hiller

Churchill County

Still time to save WNC athletics

My son attended Western Nevada College from 2012 to 2014. He was drawn by the nationally recognized baseball program. We are sorry to see WNC athletics being abandoned. Nevada was hard hit in the recession. But it doesn’t add up.

The baseball and fast-pitch programs cost the college less than $400,000 per year. If the two programs attract 50 players, including 30 from out of state, that’s $735,000 per year pumped into the state and local economy, according to WNC cost of attendance figures. Those numbers are conservative.

What is the value of lost tuition and attendance? For Carson City, parent visitors come from inside and outside the state, and visiting teams and fans will spend a dozen weekends in Carson City next year. What is the value of several hundred visitors days? This ignores patronage from past players, and there are persons loyal to the program who want to provide support. And what is the value of introducing people to your state?

All of my son’s peers graduated with him. The team grade point was above 3.0. I am sure the college does not do that well on average. So WNC is not only abandoning a nationally recognized program, it is telling 50 of its better students they and their dollars aren’t wanted.

My son has great memories of your state, city, college and baseball program. We can only wonder what is wrong in Carson City that you would abandon a program that is winning on all fronts. I urge you to correct a poor decision while there is still time.

Kyle Dorsey

Olympia, Wash.