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May 21: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Gun law a liability

Once again a Democrat wants to further restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens (“Conley takes aim at guns with strict new bill,” May 12). Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley wants to force gun owners to carry liability insurance. This will just make legal ownership of a gun prohibitively expensive in Massachusetts, thereby making gun ownership for many, especially the poor, all but impossible.

Paul’s lame prospects

Herald Readers — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Any speculation that U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is of presidential timber is laughable (May 19). It is a notion doomed to fail, even if he did give the keynote address for a New Hampshire Republican fundraiser last night . His real agenda is to derail Hillary Clinton’s prospects. Beyond that, anytime President Obama says “yes,” Paul’s automatic response is “no.”

— Gerald Alch, Brookline

Biting hand that feeds

Herald Readers — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

When Margery Eagan wrote: “What we’re learning about (President Obama’s) administration has undermined our basic trust in government,” I laughed (May 16). She and the mainstream media have finally awoken to the fact that this government is corrupt? Let’s face it, if the Associated Press hadn’t been thrown under the bus, the media would still be doing damage control. The hands that helped Barack Obama get elected and shine like a new penny, have finally felt some teeth.

— Mary T. Harrington,  Hyde Park

May 17: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Bombers were cowards

Soldiers not forgotten

Herald Readers — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Peter Gelzinis usually pushes me over the edge, but his column on Maureen Dunn had me reaching for the box of Kleenex (“POW-MIA champ dies at 72,” May 13). I have followed Dunn’s story for years, and her work with the National League of Families of POWs and MIAs. One has to believe that the love of her life, Cmdr. Joseph Patrick Dunn, was there to greet her on her passing. Great article.

— Gregory Welch, Weymouth

May 16: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Secure U.S. borders

The Senate plans to take up comprehensive immigration reform soon (“Don’t fight last immigration war,” May 7) We can all agree that the old system is broken. We need something in its place that would be fair and humane. The proposed bill does have some good points, but they pale in comparison to what’s wrong with it.

May 15: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

IRS and tyranny

Having Massachusetts Democrats blast President Obama over allegations the IRS targeted conservative groups reminds me of this Thomas Jefferson quote: “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny” (“Dems vow: ‘Hell to pay’ if true,” May 14). I now feel as if a tidal wave of liberty is about to wash across this country.

— Mike Rice, Wellfleet

Follow immigrants’ path

Unsettling burial

Herald Readers — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Caroline County, Va., is known as the birthplace of racehorse Secretariat, and now the burial place of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (May 11). Since our area is a far suburb of Washington, D.C., we were strongly affected by the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. We lost loved ones. Fort A.P. Hill is in Caroline County, and many soldiers trained here before going off to protect our nation. Now we have let a terrorist be laid to rest so near to us.

— Jennifer Pickerel,  Port Royal, Va.

May 14: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

‘Lone Ranger’ burial

Don’t let terror win

Herald Readers — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

I don’t get all this angst about where Tamerlan Tsarnaev was to be buried or what his brother’s college grades were (May 7). We are a nation of decency, and there are laws and due process in place to handle these kinds of situations. This is part of the reason why most people would prefer to live here rather than in any other country. We need to be strong enough and brave enough to continue our way of life. As for the brother’s college grades, I’m sure that authorized investigators have all the access they need to school records.

Narcissistic killers

Herald Readers — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

I do not see the Marathon bombing as terrorism, which requires one to attack for some political purpose. This is more a case of lazy, narcissistic men who wanted to express their dissatisfaction in a big way — with no political goal, except destruction. In contrast, Osama bin Laden at least had a belief system that informed his evil. And he went to war in Afghanistan against the former Soviet Union, leaving a comfortable life in a wealthy family behind. The Tsarnaev brothers apparently just had little and did evil.

— Michael Burke, Wakefield

May 13: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Running to Boston

I will never forget the moment, at about the 100-yard mark of the 117th Boston Marathon, that I thought, with sunshiny clarity, “this is going to be the most amazing thing I ever do.” From the time I stepped onto the platform at Back Bay Station, Boston made me feel welcome, I was a part of your tradition and was swept up in your pride for three days in April. During the Marathon itself, there were hundreds or thousands of people who yelled out “Go Aussie Go!” — helping to carry me along those 26.2 miles.

May 10: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Standing as one

It was reprehensible and offensive for the Maple Leafs fan to mock your fair city with the sign “Toronto Stronger” at a playoff game (“Toronto fans stand as One,” May 8). There were several people from my town who ran in the Boston Marathon, and one witnessed the horrors that happened there at the finish line.

Where was FBI?

Herald Readers — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

There is absolutely no excuse for the FBI and CIA not to have followed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his family around. The FBI and CIA had received warnings from Russia’s government in 2011 that Tsarnaev had ties to religious militants. How was he allowed back into the country after going to Russia? This guy was so brazen that he went and purchased fireworks to make his bombs. It’s like saying, “Hello, I’m a terrorist.”

— Adrienne Monestere, Nashua, N.H.

May 9: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Russia should take him

Regarding the burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Why doesn’t Gov. Deval Patrick (or President Obama) formally request that the Russian government pay for the body to be shipped home (“No takers yet for Tamerlan,” May 7)?

Apology from Toronto

Herald Readers — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

I am a lifelong Torontonian and Maple Leafs fan enjoying our first playoff series in way too long (May 8). I have visited Boston in the past and found it a charming and hospitable place. I was disgusted that a Leafs fan in Toronto on Monday night displayed a sign proclaiming “Toronto Stronger.” This was sickening and highly inappropriate. I have never been so embarrassed to be a Torontonian.

May 8: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

UMass on record

The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth has provided all records for the students implicated in the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath to the FBI and other authorities investigating this crime (“UMass flunking Marathon test,” May 6). That’s not exactly stonewalling.

Bury the dead

Herald Readers — Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The funeral and burial are meant to comfort the family (May 4). Whatever Tamerlan Tsarnaev did in his life will be reviewed by God. People should give his family peace and stay away from the cemetery, wherever that is.

— Marie Farbar, Trenton, N.J.

May 7: Letters To the Editor

Herald Readers — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Cemetery reflection

Cemeteries are supposed to be places of quite reflection (“Tsarnaev’s burial a diplomatic issue,” May 5) How can you have this if the alleged Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried nearby?

— Gary Johnson, North Attleboro

More ‘lodging’ needed

No Mass. burial

Herald Readers — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

No one in Massachusetts wants the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Marathon bombing suspect, buried in our ground (May 4). It would be a slap in the face. And someone would damage the burial ground and cause more problems than any city in Massachusetts needs. Why not have him cremated and give the ashes to the parents? If that is not acceptable in Islam, have the body shipped over to Russia at their expense.

— Claudia Perault,  Wilmington