My email to Richard Burgess, President of Connecticut Carry, Inc.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

The backstory on CCI's cowardly smear of Sandy Hook Elementary father Neil Heslin:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/neil-heslin-smeared-connecticut-carry_n_3240591.html

My email spares nothing except the obscenities (It's always better that way, IMHO):

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Mr. Burgess (and to any other members of your pathetic organization),

Regarding you and your group's recent actions towards Mr. Heslin:

In a just world, every time you look in a mirror, you would immediately become nauseous at the sight of the person who you've become.

In a just world, you would suffer from persistent insomnia as you struggle to sleep at night knowing that your sense of morals and ethics and common decency in this world has forever been corrupted.

In a just world, if you are indeed a father, you would be unable to look your children (or grandchildren) straight in the eye knowing that you have utterly failed them; that you are not worthy of their respect or admiration thanks to the horrific example you have provided to them as to how a decent human being ought to behave and portray himself to the greater world. And, in fact, that is exactly who you are, and you deserve no respect from your children or grandchildren.

Alas, we do not live in a just world, and any response I receive from you will likely be full of smug self-righteousness and a feigned sense of shock that I would dare find your actions deplorable. You probably have no problems sleeping at night, because you have no shame. You have demonstrated that in recent days.

But realize this: The good people of this country don't care much for bullies, especially self-righteous bullies. Which is exactly what you are, and cowards to boot.

As such, your recent little stunt has done nothing to help whatever you believe your cause to be, and only exposes you and your organization as people so obsessed in their love of a certain inanimate object that they will sell every ounce of their soul if they perceive any threat to said inanimate object. You and your ilk are a dying breed, out of step of the mainstream and relegated to the fringes where you belong. Your true colors have shown through, and they could not be any more vibrant.

I understand that my email doesn't contain some of the more colorful language that others do, and that you probably won't be posting it up on your sad little Facebook page so you and your friends can gawk and guffaw at it. I'm fine with that.

My only hope is that I cost you at least one good night of sleep as you are forced to wrestle with your rotten and fetid excuse for a conscience.

Good day sir.


Sincerely,

Not a fan


P.S.: If you in fact call yourself a Christian, John 8: 7. Read it, you bloody hypocrite.
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Richard Burgess, President of Connecticut Carry, Inc., shortly after his 2010 arrest for Breach of Peace.

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. From the responses I read at their site.....

things are not going so well for them. If there is one overriding theme it is shame on them.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Their Facebook page actually went down.

Voluntarily or not, I don't know.

These brave, brave men with their guns.

[monmouth3]

3. Excellent letter...n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Looks like some others got in on the fun, too

A sampling, from the douche's own website:

To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Very nice job on equating a dead child to his fathers problems. So sad that we live in a country with people like you that feels it appropriate to be so low. Hope you sleep well. I'm sure you do because most people like you have know sense of awareness or dignity.


To: [e-mail]
WOW way to blame a victim. Do you actually sleep at night? Dead children killed by guns are what should be keeping you up at night, not the background of a grieving parent. What vile human beings you are. Just when I think people can't get much worse before we hit rock bottom someone like you crawls out from under a rock. Please go away. Just disappear. It would be a favor to everyone.


To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
I am embarrassed that the members of your organization degraded a man after having lost his son in the Sandy Hook massacre. I am absolutely disgusted that you call yourself a human being, me being on the same plane of existence as you. You and the members of your organization that were responsible for the statements released relating to Mr. Heslin are putrid, disgusting, and pitiful excuses for human beings and I hope that one day you open your eyes to the hatred that you spit all in the name of the "2nd amendment". Fuck you.

To: [e-mail]
I just read your press release.
You people are ASSHOLES.

To: [e-mail]
Richard,
Congratulations! You have struck a new low in American history. You are a disgusting person to smear Neil Heslin the you and CC have.
How do you sleep at night?
This bereaving parent's past or present legalities have NOTHING to do with gun control.
Do you and your buddies high-five every time a young child kills himself, herself or another with a gun?
I wouldn't doubt it. Or maybe you guys just say, "Winning!"
May you never have another happy moment in your life until you see the error in your ways.

To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Richard,
How is it that your love of guns has caused you to stoop so low and launch a smear campaign on Neil Heslin, whose son was one of the Sandy Hook school massacre victims.
Falsely accusing him of "profitting off of the tragedy" is pathetic is you should publicly apologize. Where is your humanity? After all, aren't you saying that guns have value to protect humans? Then act like a human and show some basic respect and compassion for the children and families that have suffered this horrific event. And yes, it was caused by high power guns that were picked up by the wrong hands.
This kind of gun worshiping extremism is a disgrace. Shame on you sir.

To: [e-mail]
Congratulations. Your ill conceived, idiotically timed and morally disgusting press release has motivated us to write a very large check to Gabrielle Gifford's group. You are lucky there is no HUMANITY check for gun owners.

To: [e-mail]
You are disgusting for bringing up the dead child’s father’s past. That is lower than low.

To: [e-mail]
Mr. Burgess, First off, i have to say your company sickens me to the core. You have some nerve to attack a victim of the Newtown tragedy like you did. Don't you have any morales, or a heart sir? Wait, don't answer that. By your actions you took against this victims father was beyond heartless, so sir, you have NO HEART! My suggestion to you is a public apology to all victims of the Newtown tragedy, IN PERSON!!! Ask for there forgiveness, and while your at it, ask GOD as well. You should be ashamed of yourself. It is my hope you do the right thing by these victims. Sadly if you don't may you live the rest of your life knowing your a heartless, sick individual.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. And some more.....

To: [e-mail]
Please just stop. Dragging that man's name through the mud right after he lost his young son? What kind of sickness do you people have? I am firmly for the 2nd amendment right to bear arms, but I also want to make sure that proper background checks and training are in place before anyone gets a gun in his or her hands. It's the same thing we do with automobiles, I don't know why it's so difficult for you crazy people to understand. And please just stop this crap, it's not helping you at all.


To: [e-mail]
Sad day when you have to stoop so low to attack the father of a Sandy Hook victim. His background or mistakes in life do not justify an attack. No shortage of little men strapping on their six-shooters to bully others. You should be ashamed but you probably don't even understand the concept as you are so superior.

To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Your group's desperation in smearing Mr. Heslin is tragic and sad. I feel sorry for your family.

To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Mr. Burgess,
I cannot believe you and your organization would deliberately be so vile and despicable as to personally attack Neil Heslin, father of the slain child from Sandy Hook! SHAME ON YOU ALL! You have stooped to porn level, no maybe even below that. This is what you want to be known for? Really? sort of like Westboro Baptist? If that's your raison d'etre, congratulations, I think you've reached your goal. You owe Mr. Heslin an abject apology. I look forward to hearing that you have apologized, not because it is the right thing to do (which of course it is you know), but because you just might save your own soul with this redemption - maybe.


To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
You make law abiding gun owning citizens look like maniacs. How could you do this to that man? You should be ashamed.


To: [e-mail]
Mr. Burgess,
You and your group must be real proud of your accomplishments regarding defaming Neil Heslin, not to mention your callous and ass-backwards campaign to arm more people in America.
You gun freaks are a nasty bunch, and from my experience, mostly a bunch of cowardly scumbags who are worthless in a conflict even when you are packing guns.
After looking up your history on the web I see that you are one of those guys parading around with your pistol on your hip like it was 1870. Grow up, man.
As a former VN era Marine, I've had more than my share of guns and have witnessed their destructive power. Seems to me that Sandy Hook would have turned on a light, even in the brain pans of the dim bulbs ranting about 2A and the implications thereof.
For the record, in case you and your brethren can't read too well, the two big words in 2A are "well regulated", which implies that the government has all the right in the world to 'regulate' gun ownership.
So next time you want to shoot pool, just concentrate on 'shooting' pool and not packing heat in a public place. Just because a stupid state law allows it doesn't mean that an intelligent adult needs push the limits of civilian society by playing cowboy and wearing his guns to town.
Like I said earlier, grow up, man.

To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
You smear a man whose child was the victim of gun violence? Either your argument is incredibly weak, or else your character is. It's one or the other.
You're an embarrassment to humanity.


To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
You really can't shame some one who has no shame? Right Rich?

To: [e-mail]
Neil Heslin lost a child who was brutally murdered. I hope, you or anyone in your family, will never have to feel that pain.


To: [e-mail]
There are arguments for and against gun control measures and background checks. Decent people can argue forcefully and passionately, and disagree. But your ad hominem attack on Neil Heslin is so shameful. Have you no compassion after what this man has endured? You should be ashamed of yourself.

To: [e-mail]
I am writing not to discuss gun control, because in my eyes your group has lost its ability to participate in an issues-based discussion of the subject without rending violence upon the citizens you are trying to protect.
In making your case by using Neil Heslin's former felony charges as evidence, you have disregarded truth in accusing him of profiting from his lobbying. Furthermore, in attacking a victim of gun violence you only serve to weaken your ethos and lose credibility as representatives for thinking humans that live in your state.
I am happy that I do not count myself a resident of the state you claim to represent; California has its own myriad problems, but your tactless group is not one of them.
Please consider this email a suggestion to fire your public relations strategist.

To: [e-mail]
Mr Heslin’s arrest record is not the issue.
Attacking the father of a victim is what bullies do. Your behavior is reprehensible.
Shame on you.

To: [e-mail]
Proof that there is no line of decency that cannot be crossed

To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Mr. Burgess,
So, you enjoy the rights under the 2nd Amendment, but you don't like other laws, therefore you scream and yell and talk about how tyranny is coming? This isn't 1783.
The slanderous comments you made and/or initmated about Mr. Heslin are outrageous. Some of the ideas from your imagination are not fact based, thus putting them on your blog is inaccurate and ridiculous. e.g., making money from his horrific tragedy. Your incompetence will get you in trouble, but then again, you're already familiar with being in trouble, eh? Oh, and your quote about traffic deaths is irrelevant to the issue.
The fact you live in fear is not our problem - so don't make it a problem. The question is: do you have children? If so, have you ever lost a child? If not, you have not earned the right to comment upon others' loss. Mr. Heslin is his own person - what he does in his own life is no business of yours. Your record is not spotless either... His 1st Amendments rights are as absolute as yours. So, before you go around impugning his character, please know what you're talking about. My question is: have you ever made a mistake? If the answer is yes, then I rest my case.
By the way, please look at pgs 54-55 of the Heller case from Washington D.C. One of your favorite Supreme Court Justices has a surprising thing to say about how the 2nd Amendment is limited.