Still waiting for justice in the taking of a life

Still waiting for justicein the taking of a life
EDITOR:
In Hubbard April 4, one man chose to drink and drive, then senselessly plow his vehicle into eight teenage girls and then flee the scene of the accident. This man has not yet been brought to justice.
Eight girls were out on a Friday evening celebrating majorette tryouts and walking to a local bowling alley. In the blink of an eye it was over. One second the girls were walking and smiling, and the next second the girls were lying on the road or grass, others running frantically for help. The driver was nowhere to be found; he drove on. He never stopped to help eight innocent teenagers. I believe guilt was proven the minute he left the scene.
Why has this man not been charged after two months? What is wrong with our society that it allows this to happen? What does that say about us, as people? As a mother? As a father? What are we teaching our children? That it's OK to kill someone? We owe Kyrsten Elizabeth Studer's family, friends and especially the other seven teenagers these answers.
Kyrsten's life is gone, at the hands of another human being. The seven teenagers did everything they were asked to do, from going to the police station to being interviewed by the Trumbull County prosecutor on May 1. I don't believe many adults would have been as brave as these girls. Now, we are left waiting and wondering when this individual who is responsible for this deplorable act will be brought to justice.
RENEE MERRELL
Hubbard
Read Youngstown's gun law before taking position on it
EDITOR:
It truly says something that Youngstown's proposed "assault weapon" ban has drawn the attention and support of Lori O'Neill of the Cleveland chapter of the so-called Million Moms organization. She came all the way from Cleveland to address council, obviously without taking the time to read the ordinance she was supporting.
O'Neill's argument was based on the federal weapons ban, which has nothing to do with the local proposal.
O'Neill contends that the federal ban had withstood countless lawsuits by the NRA and that the city need not fear the same. This may be true on the federal level, but try telling that to Columbus, which lost twice when it proposed the same language. (The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on two separate and very similar ordinances, and Columbus lost to the tune of $170,000 total in legal fees and saw its ordinance overturned. The latest case was Peoples Rights Organization Inc. v. City of Columbus.)
The issue in Youngstown is not "machine guns" or "AK-47s" or other similarly feared weapons. Although this misconception may bring support of the ordinance, you can read all four pages of the ordinance and the facts are clear The ordinance covers only semi-automatic pistols, rifles and shotguns. It is a de facto ban on them all.
RICK KALEDA
Youngstown
X The writer is an Ohio NRA Certified Firearms Instructor and the Mahoning County coordinator of Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
Scenarios galore when itcomes to getting a ticket
EDITOR:
Perhaps I can offer a possible explanation regarding the ticket situation raised in a previous letter:
Sometimes you get a ticket; sometimes you don't.
Sometimes you get to explain yourself; sometimes you don't.
Sometimes the officer had a fight with a spouse that morning; sometimes he didn't.
Sometimes you get an understanding officer; sometimes you don't.
Sometimes you get lucky; sometimes you don't.
Sometimes the police levy passes; sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes we see the humor in these situations; sometimes we don't.
JOYCE BRYAN
Girard