Letter from an ANGRY Reader

A Letter to the Editor of Esquire Magazine
from Chip Elliott

The streets of America...are as dangerous as the roads and alleys of an earlier century. But before we resign ourselves to helplessness, this reader urges us to listen to the story of how he took up arms in defense of his life and property.

As they say, read the whole thing.

I was surprised at first to read about the waiting time for his permit, considering this was mid 1970's. And then I realizized I was confusing permit with the waiting time to purchase a handgun. Times have changed.