LETTERS: VETERAN OFFICER OPPOSES PROP B

To the editor:

As a law-enforcement veteran, I strongly oppose Proposition B, a bill that would allow citizens to carry a concealed weapon after obtaining a permit and completing a 12-hour training course.

If this proposition is passed by voters, it would allow a person with a concealed-weapon permit to enter taverns, banks and schools and would pose additional danger for our law-enforcement officers. Law-enforcement officers encounter enough problems as it is, much less adding additional fuel to the fire.

I see in no way that if this proposition is passed that it will reduce crime in our state. If anything, it will increase crime and the number of accidental shootings.

I strongly urge Missouri voters to vote no on Proposition B on April 6.

JERRY D. WOLSEY

Chaffee