But I must take exception to your recent editorial concerning Mr. Dole's letter. I have, and not one favors the ban. This includes officers in my hometown, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and everywhere else I have traveled in recent months. It even includes members of the White House Secret Service, the Capitol Police, and the Supreme Court Police - all of whom I spoke with when in Washington DC last January. None of them believe the ban will reduce crime - not one.
Bans sound good in theory, but fail in practice - usually with tragic results.
The American people know this, and Mr. Dole is taking that knowledge into account. Mr. Dole makes his share of mistakes, and I differ with him on many issues. But he's absolutely correct about the Rifle and Magazine Ban.