Sheriff's letter to vice president on gun control takes the
wrong tack  jtarica@thetribunenews.comMarch 29, 2013   If
letters to the editor are any indication, Sheriff Ian
Parkinson’s missive to Vice President Joe Biden on the issue of
gun control is well beyond its deserving moment in the
spotlight.  We’re now past four weeks since the news broke, and
the two sides are still going back and forth.  I thought I’d
missed the chance to weigh in, but since the topic doesn’t seem
to want to die, let me add a few final thoughts, and maybe we
can put the issue to rest:  Of course, I disagree with
Parkinson’s tack.  His primary point seemed to be that, 1) he
supports the Second Amendment vigorously, and 2) he will not
participate in new efforts to limit its scope, or, in his words,
“turn law-abiding citizens into criminals by enforcing gun
control legislation that will not solve or prevent tragedy.”  As
some commenters have noted, that sounds a lot like a top law
enforcement official refusing to do his most basic job