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Date Posted: 07:44:16 02/02/13 Sat
Author: Jim Myres, OFS
Subject: Gun Violence - letter to Senator Portman

January 29, 2013

Senator Rob Portman
Washington, D.C.

Senator Portman,

It is not easy to relate to over 30,000 U.S. gun related deaths in 2012. I sincerely hope you can see the humanity of Christopher Williams, 24 years old, the first Cincinnati gun death of 2013 and Terrence James Lee Womack, a 16 year old and 11th grader at Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati that was shot down in Cincinnati just the other day. These are two kids that will never be able to vote for or against you.

You can do something to prevent gun violence, even if it is symbolic by voting to ban assault weapons and large capacity magazines. Please at least consider this as a positive first step to save our children.

The last time I wrote to you about assault weapons was because my son is a police man and these weapons are a real and direct threat to him. I am still waiting for a reply. I know I am just one vote, but I have 8 children and 9 grand children and I am a member of a Franciscan religious order. I do talk to people about this.

Jim Myres

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[> Re: Gun Violence - letter to Senator Portman -- Jim Myres, OFS (Congressman Brad Wenstrup), 06:04:34 02/13/13 Wed [1]

I sent a similar letter to Congressman Brad Wenstrup. I did receive a response (not a reply) dated 2-5-13.

This was a pathetic response on his or his staff’s part. As a new Congressman I would expect a more personal reply to a constituent, not just the “party line.”

The entire response can be summed up in one line, “...I do not believe the actions of a few disturbed individuals should drive us to infringe on the liberty of all Americans.”

I don’t know about you, but, some gun owner infringed on the liberty of Christopher Williams and Terrence Womack and their families.

Jim Myres

>
>January 29, 2013
>
>
>Senator Rob Portman
>Washington, D.C.
>
>Senator Portman,
>
>It is not easy to relate to over 30,000 U.S. gun
>related deaths in 2012. I sincerely hope you can see
>the humanity of Christopher Williams, 24 years old,
>the first Cincinnati gun death of 2013 and Terrence
>James Lee Womack, a 16 year old and 11th grader at
>Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati that was shot
>down in Cincinnati just the other day. These are two
>kids that will never be able to vote for or against
>you.
>
>You can do something to prevent gun violence, even if
>it is symbolic by voting to ban assault weapons and
>large capacity magazines. Please at least consider
>this as a positive first step to save our children.
>
>The last time I wrote to you about assault weapons was
>because my son is a police man and these weapons are a
>real and direct threat to him. I am still waiting for
>a reply. I know I am just one vote, but I have 8
>children and 9 grand children and I am a member of a
>Franciscan religious order. I do talk to people about
>this.
>
>
>Jim Myres

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