Letter to the editor: Energy independence and border security

From her point No. 1, it’s apparent that letter-writer Mary Beth Walling (“So what are Republicans’ plans to help?” Dec. 14, TribLIVE) has been reading and watching her news on the mainstream media (except for FOX), or she would understand that under President Trump, we had already achieved energy independence. In my opinion, it is due to the utter stupidity of the Biden administration that we are no longer energy independent, and if President Biden had simply let things alone, we would still be energy independent. He would rather buy oil from Saudi Arabia or Venezuela than allow domestic oil production to increase to meet the demand. Venezuela! Can you believe it!

As to her point No. 2: Once again, all Biden had to do was to leave Trump’s border policies in place. Continue building the wall. Continue the policy of keeping the migrants in Mexico. But no. Biden reversed those policies and now we have millions of immigrants flowing into our country, with little or no checking of their backgrounds or their health.

For point No. 3, Walling thinks there is a direct relationship between guns and crime. I don’t disagree. But take the guns away from the criminals, not the law-abiding citizens. I believe the reason for more crime is the lack of prosecution of crime. No cash bail and no jail time are big contributers to more crime. Coddle the criminals and you get more crime.

Ralph Dunsworth

Oviedo, Fla.

The writer is a former Murrysville resident.