WESTMINSTER WEST — I feel that I have to set the record straight.
Fact: According to the FBI, the number of firearms murders in Vermont is two per year. This statistic is also confirmed by the Vermont Department of Public safety's crime report.
Fact: Since 1996, when the Brady Bill was first enacted, there were 357,000 firearms purchased in Vermont. This is from a report from the FBI which oversees the background checks. This figure doesn't include the millions of firearms that were purchased before that law took effect.
Fact: On Thursday, Oct. 9, I and other pro-gun people attended a forum put on by GunSenseVT. Multiple times I formally asked Ann Braden, the organization's president, to publicly debate me. She refused, likely because she knows that the lies she and her board have been saying would come out.
Fact: For over 200 years, the good and honest people of Vermont have been responsible firearms owners. It is insulting to them to continue seeing the lies put out by her organization, which is surely being funded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.