{"id":1608,"date":"2014-08-20T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/08\/20\/the-most-absurd-letter-to-editor-tha\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:24:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:24:26","slug":"the-most-absurd-letter-to-editor-tha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1608","title":{"rendered":"The Most Absurd Letter To The Editor That I&#8217;ve Read In A Long Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11579,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.stltoday.com\\\/news\\\/opinion\\\/mailbag\\\/letters-to-the-editor\\\/no-need-for-police-to-carry-deadly-weapon-on-routine\\\/article_e16d056c-54a3-51a7-954a-e0331f773968.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.stltoday.com\\\/news\\\/opinion\\\/mailbag\\\/letters-to-the-editor\\\/no-need-for-police-to-carry-deadly-weapon-on-routine\\\/article_e16d056c-54a3-51a7-954a-e0331f773968.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11580,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.movoto.com\\\/blog\\\/top-ten\\\/best-places-in-missouri&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.movoto.com\\\/blog\\\/top-ten\\\/best-places-in-missouri&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nLetters to the editor can vary in quality and substance. In general, people do try to have a well reasoned argument for their position. I might not agree with it but I will defend their right to say or write it.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/opinion\/mailbag\/letters-to-the-editor\/no-need-for-police-to-carry-deadly-weapon-on-routine\/article_e16d056c-54a3-51a7-954a-e0331f773968.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very short letter to the editor<\/a> that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a couple of days after Michael Brown was shot in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">\n<i>Why? In 2014 and the age of the Taser, why should any police officer on routine patrol need to carry a deadly weapon?<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; float: right; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: 2px; width: 378px;\">\n<div class=\"ym\" id=\"ym_724547456557849856\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">\n<em style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Anthony Wippold&nbsp; \u2022&nbsp; Clayton<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clayton, for those not familiar with St. Louis, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/top-ten\/best-places-in-missouri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the wealthiest places in the state of Missouri<\/a>. It has a household income of over $87,000, the 3rd highest home value in the state ($607,800), and one of the highest education attainment rates.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what sort of bubble Mr. Wippold lives in but the world outside is dangerous. Even the most ardent pacifist should understand that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letters to the editor can vary in quality and substance. 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