THE BOSTON City Council is clueless (“Council calls for a boycott of Arizona,’’ Metro, May 6). I live less than 10 miles from the Mexican border. I moved here from Maine. Near my home is a route for illegal immigrants to enter Arizona. On many occasions the Border Patrol helicopter flies over the house, rattling windows and shining its searchlight in the yard. In March rancher Robert Krentz was killed on his own land. The day before, eight illegal immigrants were arrested with 280 pounds of marijuana on that ranch. A Pinal County sheriff’s deputy reportedly was ambushed by drug traffickers. He was shot with an assault rifle.
This month my wife heard and saw two Spanish-speaking men in our backyard, looking in the windows. She fled the house. I had to use my own .45 pistol to clear my own house and ensure it was safe to enter.
And you judge us. I wear a gun everywhere I go. People on remote ranches answer the door with rifles in their hands. And you dare tell us not to enforce the law.
Wise up, people. It’s not drug violence in Mexico; it’s drug violence on the border, both north and south of it. Try becoming informed instead of just being opinionated.
Tim Woodard
Sierra Vista, Ariz.
The writer is a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
