“Diversity is our strength”
Re: “DACA: Hope & fear,” Nov. 11 news story
I was touched by the three stories about undocumented children bought to this country by their parents written by Elizabeth Hernandez.
It illustrates the many people who are working hard at achieving their dreams and contributing to their communities in spite of the uncertainty of their status. These people and the many others like them deserve to remain in this country, as citizens — as they are in all but name — and continue to be part of our great American melting pot. Our diversity is our strength.
Jeannie Dunham, Denver
Not ready for Prime time
Re: “Winning Amazon pitches …” Nov. 14 news story
Now that we’ve “lost out” on Amazon moving to the Denver metro area, why not just block off 12 major streets and two lanes each on Interstate 25 and Interstate 70, so it would feel like Amazon was here?
Del Knudson, Denver
I am so glad that Amazon has decided to go elsewhere. So many people just want more, more, more. They think itap all about the money. I am thinking about the quality of life and more traffic, and more crowding can’t be a better way of life. I have called Colorado home for more than 95 years. I used to take the streetcar to Denver to work. It was so much easier than taking the train now, and fighting crowds everywhere. To me, the quality of life is more important than all the money. Thanks Amazon for staying away.
Rosaline Smith, Lakewood
Target the corporate polluters
I am very concerned about the amount of carbon dioxide major corporations emit into the atmosphere. I don’t think Colorado is doing nearly enough to cut toxic gas emissions from big companies.
What Colorado has no problem doing is placing the blame on the average person and charging us to get our cars checked every year, while letting big companies, especially oil companies, ruin the environment at any rate they please.
I am very disappointed with my government right now and don’t feel like they are speaking up for the real people they represent but consistently speak for corporate interest.
Jessica Jacquez, Thornton
Too much firepower?
Re: “Letap talk about gun violence,” Nov. 13 letters to the editor
The fundamental problem with gun violence is there are too many guns in circulation.
Imagine two identical houses in the same neighborhood with similar families. Imagine further that one house has 10 guns lying about and the other has none. Which house is more likely to have a shooting resulting from an angry confrontation? Which house is more likely to see a child accidentally discharge a gun? Which will experience a suicide by firearm?
The probability of someone being shot raises in proportion to the number of guns in circulation. The obvious solution is to reduce the number of guns. Until we can find ways to address the pure quantity of guns, while still respecting the Second Amendment, we are just nibbling around the edges of the problem.
Douglas Willey, Highlands Ranch
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
I see nothing in this Second Amendment statement about personal or home defense, sport shooting or even hunting. When you show that you are a member of a “well regulated Militia” you have the right to be armed, other uses of firearms do not enjoy this protected status. Of course I’m not a lawyer or a lawmaker so I can only read what is actually written in seemingly plain English.
Joseph J. Sejut, Denver
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