A response to Kate Miller’s Letter to the Editor in one of my local dailies (page 4):
I think Cam DeJong (now a Republican NH House Representative) said it well “We believe in people”. Kate Miller, now a former Democrat NH House Representative, certainly does not believe that statement to be true in her latest Letter complaining about Republicans reversing what the Democrats had done.
The scenario she cites was of citizens in the NH House Gallery letting their representatives below know of their ire in their voting. To now state in her latest Letter “allowing for a true potential shout out at the OK Corral” is sheer demagoguery and shows a lack of respect for what was a purely legal activity. Is Ms. Miller that afraid of guns, or is she that afraid of her own citizens that she represented (I love that past tense)? If not, why else did she believe that her fellow citizens needed to be “controlled”? Actual history (of the event itself) showed that no such scenario happened – I am quite sure that there were a number of Representatives were also carrying at the time. It didn’t happen then and it is doubtful that a gallery of law abiding citizens would cause it to happen in the future. It seems the Democrat PA Governor Rendell has it right when he posited “Are we becoming a nation of wusses?”
Republicans are simply about to revise a regulation (not even a law) that was promised during the last campaign cycle. Ms. Miller has no reason to be kvetching – after all, many Republicans stated during their campaigns that many issues would be in “rewind” mode; based on the huge mandate they have given, they will keep their promises – this was one. After all, I would remind Ms. Miller – where were the Democrat campaign promises concerning gay marriage they ran on during the previous election cycle? Right – there were none. The Democrats ran in stealth mode on many issues and then rammed them through.
Now, you have the temerity to complain about campaign promises being acted upon? As that famous statement goes: “Oh please….”
Her Letter after the Jump:
Here is Kate Miller’s Letter:
To the editor,
I was disappointed to read that one of the first items of business in the new legislature is a move to allow guns to be carried in the Statehouse. As a former member of the N.H. House, I had the distinct displeasure of sitting on the House floor while angry visitors were carrying weapons in the gallery. The only worse situation I can imagine would be to have legislators armed as well, allowing for a true potential shoot out at the OK Corral!
But truly my greatest dismay is that this legislature ran on the promise that the budget and jobs would take top priority . . . yet carrying weapons in our State Capitol comes up first!
Kate Miller
Meredith
