R.M. Chandler: Cartoon insulted conservatives

To me, Monday's Banner-Herald editorial cartoon from R.J. Matson of the St. Louis Post Dispatch showed a lack of respect for our country and should not have been published. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The cartoon featured a conservative American being asked if he hated taxes, regulations and government and loved guns, and suggested those things defined the African country of Somalia).

When our president took his oath of office in January, he swore to uphold the Constitution. The Second Amendment to the Constitution reads, "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."

Monday's cartoon included the line, "It's better in Somalia!" At present, it is not better in Somalia. However, with our changing government, it may be that soon it will be better in Somalia.

I suggest that the Banner-Herald print cartoons that are more complimentary to our patriotic, conservative people.

R.M. Chandler

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