I love to read the Deseret News. However, I was put off a bit by the recent headline "Gun lovers take aim at GOP meet."
"Gun lovers" is meant to have a negative connotation in this day and age. As political editor, Bob Bernick Jr., the writer, surely must know this and chose to put the slant on it anyway. Couldn't (and shouldn't) it have read something like: "Defenders of right to bear arms take aim at GOP meet."I realize it's a bit longer and takes more space but is nevertheless the more responsible approach. I'm quite sure Mr. Bernick doesn't know that if he interviewed some of those who were boisterous at the convention, they would say they are defenders of the Second Amendment rather than akin to sleeping with their firearms.
The Trib took a more responsible approach: Their headline read: "Leavitt Dodges Verbal Bullets at GOP Convention." Please in the future do the right thing like Fox News purports: "You report, we decide."
Tim Stoval
Salt Lake City
Editor's note: Political editor Bob Bernick Jr. did not write the headline on his story. Most stories are sent to the Deseret News copy desk for headlines. However, the headline did reflect the tone of the story.