John Longenecker's book, "Even Safer Streets 2011 - The Second Amendment as a Mainstream Value" is right on the mark. As a loyal supporter of the U.S. Constitution and the Second Amendment I found myself nodding my head in agreement with his thought-provoking analogies and his timeliness of his book. The author's comparison of citizen CPR and an armed citizenry made absolute sense to me.
I can relate to John's analogy as I spent an entire career as a Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedic responding to thousands of victims of trauma and sudden death. Many of whom may have survived had a trained bystander been there to provide life-saving CPR, and likewise victims of the daily violence in our communities could avoid severe injury, mayhem or death if they or another citizen had the capacity to intervene with a firearm to stop the violence.
CPR saves lives every day. Guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens save lives everyday.
- Captain Eugene McCarthy
Los Angeles County Fire Department (ret). |
