Sunday, April 13, 2008

Letter to the Norman Transcript Editor: Conservatives support Second Amendment




Conservatives support Second Amendment

Letter to the Norman Transcript Editor, Published April 13, 2008

Editor, The Transcript:

Your editorial concerning the passing of the great actor, Charlton Heston, was a very nice tribute, but one line was deeply offensive to me.

You mention that Heston "was a champion of the civil rights movement but he grew more conservative in his old age." That strongly implies that being a champion of civil rights is somehow contradictory of being a political conservative. There are liberals who were KKK recruiters, such as Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, but I don't think for one second that means support for the KKK-style racism is part of liberalism.

I also contend that support for all of the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment, is something that identifies any true political conservative.

STEVE BYAS

Norman

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