The other local paper (The Independent) printed my letter today! That is a lot of eyes people! What is even better is there was another letter along side of mine...
Page 12 The Sunday Independent. Sunday, July l7,2011
Letters'to the Editor
Editor, The Independent:
In the wake of the Thursday, July 7, murder rampage in the city of Grand Rapids, as US Taxpayers Party of
Michigan Chairman Bill Mohr said he is calling on the Mayor and Commissioners to encourage residents to law-fully
arm themselves for their own defense and the defense of others.
Article I, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution reads, "Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the
defense of himself and the state." Mohr says. "If any one of Rodrick Dantzler's victims was knowledgeable and
sufficiently armed, the victim count would have stopped there. Maybe the lives of two children and several adults
could have been saved."
The text of Mohr's July 10 letter to Mayor Heartwell and the city Commissioners follows.
"Dear Mayor Heartwell and Grand Rapids City Commissioners,
'As Chairman of the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan, I want to applaud the Grand Rapids Police Department,
Kent County Police, all other contributing police departments. fire units, rescue and all other emergency units that
participated in the exhaustive incident involving Rodrick Shonte Dantzler on Thursday. They individually and collectively
did an exemplary job of tracking this man and handling the dangerous situation involving the hostages
late that evening.
"Unfortunately, every society has a number of unstable and uncivilized people that resort to such ludicrous means
to resolve their frustrations.
"It is the position of the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan and the position of the people of the State of Michigan as
written in the Michigan Constitution that the people be armed in order to defend themselves from such a violent
attack as Mr. Dantzler's.
"We don't know exactly how the shootings progressed in each household, but had one or both of the adult victims
of the first household been adequately and properly armed, it is likely that he (Dantzler) would not have made
it to the second household for his second round of victims, and maybe would not have been able to kill the children
in the first house. Had he succeeded in the first house, it is unlikely that the three would have been killed in the
second house had they been armed as well.
"Therefore, in the interest of the safety of the people of the city of Grand Rapids, I would like to ask you to
encourage the residents to apply for and obtain their Concealed Pistol Licenses and thereby utilize the means provided
by the lawmakers of the State of Michigan to sufficiently arm themselves for their own protection and the protection of others.
"With Kind Regards,
"William Mohr"
US Taxpayers Party
of Michigan
