Letter to the Editor: Armed citizens are first line of defense

August 16, 2004
Toledo Blade

I recently read your article concerning possible budget cuts for the police division. I was shocked to read that on any given afternoon there are only 44 police officers in cars available to respond to a call for service. Fourty-four officers to cover a city of more than 300,000?

href="http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/s_faster.jpg" target="_blank"> src="http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/s_faster.jpg" height=206 width=250
border=0
align="right">
This is incredible. And there are still people who wish to deny law-abiding citizens the right to protect themselves? Thank God we now have concealed-carry.

This is further proof of what CCW advocates have said for years: The police are not here to protect everyone; the first line of defense is armed, law abiding citizens.

J.J. KERSTE
Olson Street