Editor:

I am a veteran. I am the father of four and grandfather of eleven. I am an avid hunter and gun owner but something has to be done to keep weapons out of the hands of killers.

I am not saying ban guns but l am saying ban assault rifles. These are weapons meant to kill enemies during war. Anyone who was in the military can tell you what happens if you call your weapon a gun.

I don’t want to hear all the B.S. about it’s a political issue. It is not, it is a humanity problem.

There is no reason for not having background checks. They check it when you apply for loans, credit cards, enhanced licenses and many other things.

I am not talking politics, l am talking common sense. This is not a Left or Right opinion.

No more kids have to die.

Harvey Campbell

Lyndonville

Editor:

Memorial Day on May 30 is the day that we honor all deceased veterans, those that paid by giving their lives in the wars and all that have died since serving their country.

We gather to honor them. We do not mourn them. We praise them. The deceased veterans made this country safe and free.

Today, the eagle cries as he did on 9/11. Why, we ask? The answer is loud and clear. Open your eyes and ears, see and listen to what is happening in this country.

School children dying in mass shootings killing other children, wide open border so anyone can come in, criminals, rapists, terrorists, sick, you name it. The powers that be hold a blind eye to what is going on in this country…the eagle cries.

The eagle cries for the veterans that have fought and served this country to keep us free and safe.

Take your children to a Memorial Day doing, whether Lyndonville, Medina or another community. They will learn and so will you. God bless America.

Carl Boyle, U.S. Army veteran

Medina

Editor:

I have to speak up. Can’t help but to cry buckets tears for the lost children in the pointless and evil mass shooting in Texas.

My tears are also shed for all the adults that lost their lives in the Buffalo mass shooting.

My heart aches for all of those wounded in both as well.

I am speechless and just wish I could console all the parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends of those that were killed and wounded.

I applaud all the law enforcement and first responders that have rushed to aid those in need.

Please continue to keep all their names, lives and stories spoken. They will never be forgotten!

We must end these nonsense shooting and acts of violence that happen so frequently.

Ken Capurso

Albion

Editor:

I enjoy reading the Orleans Hub from time to time, as much for the history that I was never taught in school as for finding out what is going on these days.

Your recent article about honoring the Sheret brothers reminded me of the Whiting brothers who perished in WWII.

I “commuted” by school bus from the Bridges in the early 1950s and never got immersed in village history but I occasionally got a small sampling of it when when I stayed in the village after school and when a classmate would invite me to stop by for a snack on my way downtown.

Kenny Whiting was the source of one such invitation and as we approached his house on West Bank Street, I noticed two gold stars affixed to the front window of his home and asked what they signified.

He explained that they were for his brothers who were killed in WWII. I was so embarrassed at my ignorance that I didn’t pursue the matter other than to offer my heartfelt condolences. Your article prompted me to look on the Internet and I found reference to the following WWII fatalities: Lester Harry Whiting (Navy) and Victor E. Whiting (Army).

Dyckman T. Poland – Albion High School, Class of 1955

Marietta, Georgia

Editor:

The Republican Party your mothers and fathers, and even you, knew is dying.

This where matters now stand, according to US Representative Madison Cawthorn (Rep. N. Car.) speaking on 5/19/22: There is an “enemy to defeat” (in the Democratic Party) but first “cowardly and weak” Republicans members need to go… “The time for genteel politics as usual has come to an end. It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for Dark MAGA to truly take command!”… “Their (Republican members) days are numbered. We are coming.”

Zealots like this take everything down with them – including their own. Their weapons are false narratives spread by high-priced commentators and leaders. They trade on hatred, the economic collapse of the lower and middle class they created, failed and contradictory policies, and spreading distrust between neighbors of a lifetime.

Cawthorn makes clear the MAGA and these far-right Republican politicians will come after everyone who are savvy enough to see through them or has something else to say.

The truth is when both parties talked about complex problems – and the world is complicated –  we prospered!

Judged by that standard – the freedom to talk and vote – MAGA and the present governing Republican coalition doesn’t want that for either party anymore. It wants all to goose step as it gains raw power.

Beware. We’ve just been warned.

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion

Editor:

I write to you today with a heart ladened with sadness in response to the evil act of abhorrent malice that took the lives of our beloved citizens this past Saturday in Buffalo.

For those who lost immediate relatives and friends, who are most heart-stricken in this loss that we all have sustained, I offer my most affectionate sympathy in this time of afflictive bereavement; may He who tempers the wind look down upon the widow, the orphan, and the shattered soul with infinite compassion in their despair and desolation; and that the God of mercy will fold the arms of His love and protection around them.

Let us improve the anguish of this moment. Now is not the time for severing what binds us together as a human family. Now is the time to cement the bonds of friendship and union with wise employ of reciprocal kind and friendly acts that promote the welfare and happiness of each other.

Now is not the time for proclamations. Now is the time to recognize that there are those among us who are empty vessels, who hunger for certainty and meaning, who yearn for enduring steadfast human commitment.

Let us all, lay down the vengeful words and images of endless ideological struggle and embrace each other as we are, as one people.

Peace be upon the people of Buffalo.

Steven R. Bunch

Medina

Editor:

May 30 is a day to honor those who sacrificed their life for the United States. As a combat veteran I knew some of those who gave their last measure of devotion, defending the ideals that are embraced in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.

Men like Lieutenant Aaron Kingfisher, a Mormon from Utah, who had a wife and twin daughters back in the world. Service to his community and country was paramount. He believed communism was a grave threat to our democracy and he chose to fight in Vietnam before it came to our shores.

Men like Sergent Jesus Rodriguez from Mexico who joined the Army to prove his loyalty and become a citizen of this country. He dreamed of the economic opportunities and political freedoms afforded to citizens of the United States.

Men like Spec 4 D’Shaw Andrews, a black man from Detroit’s inner city where civil rights, afforded to most Americans, were denied. Yet he still defended the Constitution with his life in the hope of creating a more perfect union.

These men differed politically, morally and spiritually but the idea that all men are created equal and can come together and create a more perfect union transcended their individual differences.

They sacrificed themselves for the ideal of America.

This Memorial Day please remember to honor those who supported, defended and honored the Constitution of the United States.

William Fine

Brockport

Editor:

This is a rebuttal to “There are many medical reasons for abortions.”

Yes, there are a lot of medical reasons for abortions as stated. The current movement however is “My body my choice.”

That tells me that these women want to end a pregnancy by their own choice. Is it because the guy doesn’t want the responsibility. This is about aborting a baby just because it is not wanted.

Those babies are not unwanted. Due to other medical reasons some people can not have children and are eager to adopt. Based on that alone is a viable reason to have the child and give it up for adoption.

In other words, let the baby live!

Mike Lynch

Former Holley resident who now lives in North Carolina

Editor:

In 1961, Congress asked the President to designate May 15th as National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day to honor federal, state, and local law enforcement officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. President John F. Kennedy signed that designation into law on October 1, 1962.

On Sunday, please take a moment to remember New York State Police Sergeant Harry Adams and Orleans County Sheriff’s Deputy David Whittier, both of whom made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the citizens of Orleans County.

John 15:13 – “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down their life for their friends.”

Steve Smith

Churchville

Editor:

Conservatives frame the debate about abortion as that of killing a baby. Of course they do because the debate is much more nuanced.

Abortions happen because placenta abruption happens, abortions happen because of extrauterine pregnancy happens, abortions happen because incomplete miscarriages happen, and abortions happen because of a host of other complications during pregnancy happens. Abortions are a medical procedure and until medicine can guarantee that none of these circumstances happen (and it is a long way from that guarantee) the need for abortions will continue.

I am not addressing the social-economic issues around abortions, I am just outlining some the medical reasons for abortion. I suppose it would be possible to write a law with exclusions for all these medical conditions but it would be filled with a lot of exceptions, to the point of making the law useless.

But if you could write such a law it would require women to have to report to the government private intimate details of their pregnancy.

Ending Roe v. Wade means ending women’s privacy and perhaps their life. Ending Roe v. Wade means ending their participation as full citizens of the United States. Ending Roe v. Wade means nothing less.

William Fine

Brockport