Police departments can't offer enough protection

Police departments can't offer enough protection
EDITOR:
In response to Chief Gene Rowe's letter pertaining to the chiefs of police stance on concealed carry for Ohio's law abiding citizens. I have a few questions to ask him. Why is it that Ohio's chiefs do not trust us like the other 43 states that have enacted a concealeded-carry law? Sure gun sales went up, but he failed to mention that violent crimes went down.
I'd also like to pose the following three questions to him and his colleagues.
1. If my wife goes to the grocery store, upon leaving she is approached by an attacker can you promise me that you will arrive before she is harmed?
2. If my family goes out to dinner and some gang banger comes in shooting the place up, can you guarantee me that your officers will be there to keep my family out of harm's reach?
3. If I break down on my way to work and have to walk to a pay phone and some crack-head decides he wants to rob me and he pulls a gun (which trust me it won't be licensed and neither will he) will you give me your solemn promise that you will be there to protect and serve me before this addict takes my life and leaves my son without a father?
If you answered no to just one of these questions then that should be your reason to help pass a concealed-carry law in Ohio for its honest, law-abiding citizens. The criminals out there do not care about gun laws, for they feel they are above the law and that the laws do not pertain to them.
It's time for the law-abiding citizens to be able to protect themselves where ever they are and put the criminals on notice. CCW is the only gun law that these criminals will fear.
ANTHONY J. GRACHANIN
Campbell
Schools not giving kids the education they need
EDITOR:
Having two children, ages six and 18, I have learned something about our educational system that has me distressed.
The six-year-old is in kindergarten and is learning how to sight read. Does he know sentence structure or phonics? No, but he will know how to read.
My 18-year-old graduates in June. She has taken the college entrance exams but must take an introductory class before her English class. Why? She has to brush up on her writing skills. Since kindergarten she has used a computer. With the push of a button, grammar is corrected along with sentence structure. So what are our teachers teaching?
We were told 80 percent of the students entering college enter in an Algebra I class, regardless of the amount of math taken in high school. Why? Calculators were not allowed in the room when they took the college entrance exam, but calculators have been allowed in the classroom since elementary school. What happened to long division with a number 2 pencil?
Here is my concern. In this age of modern technology, do we have progression or regression? Why are our students in America behind in education? Is the system failing our children? The solution is really quite elementary. Our children have mastered pushing buttons. What they need is phonics, grammar, addition and subtraction. What they need is to learn to think all by themselves.
CYNTHIA POULAKOS
New Middletown
Conscience should say no
EDITOR:
In a recent letter, a writer from Mineral Ridge said that abortion is a guaranteed freedom that needs to remain legal. Granted we live in the greatest country in the world, but our freedom should not extend to murdering the unborn. Is it OK to terminate a life because that life may be an inconvenience? I implore everyone, without rationalizing, to simply ask, "What is the right thing to do?" See what your conscience says.
To those who are considering having abortions, just think of how haunted your future will be. Life is the most precious gift we receive. Never forget that. And to those who cannot comprehend this, I pity and pray for you.
MARTY SCHMALZRIED
Girard