In all fairness, what father would not be bitter at losing such a beautiful daughter?
The sad part is that that bitterness is being turned against the millions who have done him no harm, rather than being vented at the person who has brought this hideous evil upon him and his family.
Mr. Parker,
I don't know if you will ever read this, but just in case, here goes.
I can understand the pride you felt in seeing your beautiful baby girl grow into womanhood, graduate College, and accomplish a good start at a budding career.
I can understand how it felt to look forward to walking her down the aisle and the bittersweet moment of giving her up to a man who would love her, to be her husband.
I, thankfully cannot fully comprehend the grief you must feel in losing her to the actions of a patently racist homosexual who was mentally unbalanced.
You are, unfortunately, not the only father to ever suffer this sort of grief, though the specifics may vary.
Every woman murdered by whatever means was once someone's baby girl, like that smiling toddler who ran up to you screaming "Daddy!" with unbridled glee at seeing you come home from work. Who ran to you with the skinned knees, cut fingers, and later, heartaches, for solace.
You gave her a lot, and it hurts like Hell for someone to take her from you.
Please consider this. There are millions of us who have spent just a little more time teaching our baby girls to shoot, to defend themselves and eventually their children, and in our old age, perhaps even us, to carry that torch of responsibility with their heads held high, in hopes of never becoming a victim.
Those who would turn your grief to suit their own ends would stop that; they would deprive all those daughters and sons of the means to defend themselves against physically superior attackers.
Admittedly, that isn't perfect. They will not all be able to do so because of surprise, stealth of their attackers, or other factors. I am here, however asking you as one who knows the grief only a father can know, to not deprive our daughters of that chance to defend themselves from maniacs and crackpots bent on harming or killing them.
I will pray for you and your family, that Almighty God bring you Peace of spirit when it seems no one else can, and pray you do not let those who have a far more vast agenda deprive our daughters of their chance to survive.
May Almighty God Bless you sir, and your remaining family, and receive your daughter's soul into His arms that you may someday be reunited.
Smokin' Joe
That is a very good, very sensitive letter. Send it to him directly. You might get attacked if you do, however.
Wow. While pinheads argue over definitions, you write something like that! I hope you can get it to Mr. Parker and that he reads it. You could add that a whole lot of people at FR, a strongly pro-gun group, also agree with it.
Well done sir.