Stepping forward for a ‘Fallen Ranger’ – a gun rights forum(WA)

Seattle Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 3 January, 2012 | Dave Workman

[marktwain]

While gun prohibitionists tried to exploit the New Year’s Day slaying of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger, a Seattle-based gun rights forum is already working to set up a memorial fund for Ranger Margaret Anderson’s family.

Norm Gildroy, owner of SeattleGuns.net and Wesley Sage, one of the forum’s moderators, moved quickly to demonstrate that it was a lone disturbed individual, not a culture or community, that took the 34-year-old Anderson’s life, stealing her forever from a husband and two small daughters, and a community that liked and respected her.

This column already took a hard look at the exploitation, and this follow-up discussed that in further detail along with how killer Benjamin Carlton Barnes met his end, face down in a creek, dead from exposure.

Sage, who goes by the handle “sagewa” on the Seattle Guns forum, posted this simple note:

For those interested in helping...Ranger Margaret Anderson's family, I will be taking up a collection on behalf of SeattleGuns.net. I want to run this until the 15th of January and forward the money to her family. Not only will it help the family in their time of need, but it will show support from responsible gun owners in this state and on this site. Any donation amount is fine...Once the collection is done, I will take a photo of the check from the bank to her fund and post it on the site. I will update the collection total every few days.

[marktwain]

The action speaks for itself.

[mosaicwolf]

Question: Are these National Park Rangers armed?

[ansel12]

Of all the people who don’t need help with benefits and financial help when they die at work, I would put federal employees on the top half of that list.

So many working Americans can only fantasize about the federal, or even state and local safety net and death compensation.

[VNam68]

Yes

[VNam68]

Yes