Gun law wrong move.

I am not anti-gun. I grew up in an NRA household and learned to shoot as a kid.

But the recently signed, ill-advised constitutional carry law will inevitably lead to more gun violence in South Carolina and seems to prove that the Republican Party is no friend to law enforcement, which overwhelmingly opposed it.

It also will have negative economic impacts, as families like mine refuse to patronize businesses that allow people to openly carry firearms on their premises.

The Second Amendment states, “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.”

That’s it.

We no longer need militias, as we have a strong military. The amendment must be taken as a whole, as originally intended.

Gun advocates and so-called “originalists” cannot parse out just the last half of the amendment to push their agenda while ignoring the first section.

To do so just shows how hypocritical they truly are.

MICHAEL LASKAVY

Charleston

Orphan House’s story

A recent article in The Post and Courier that highlighted the renaming of the Carolina Youth Development Center contained some history of the organization, including its beginnings as the Charleston Orphan House.

As someone who recently attended a small reunion of men and women who lived in the Orphan House from the early 1930s until its sale in 1951, I felt compelled to correct some misinformation and add a small bit of information.

The Charleston Orphan House was the first municipal orphanage in America and although during its construction it was located temporarily in a home, it was a very large, architecturally significant and historic building that housed considerably more than 115 children.

The Orphan House was located on St. Philip Street with Calhoun Street as its southern boundary, Vanderhorst Street its northern and its rear boundary extending almost to King Street. After the property was sold, unfortunately, it was demolished in 1952 to make way for a Sears, Roebuck and Co.

To simply describe it as a house does it a disservice. For anyone curious to see what is considered by many to have been a great loss, images of the Orphan House are readily available online.

I would also like to thank Steven Dopp of the Francis Marion Hotel for recently honoring John Cook as a representative of the Orphan House children who benefited from the long-ago generosity of the hotel’s guests. Mr. Dopp’s kindness resulted in a heart-warming reunion.

ELIZABETH SCOTT KERR

Mount Pleasant

Biden nailed speech

On Thursday, President Joe Biden nailed it in his State of the Union speech.

He told us what he’s done and what needs to still be done for all of us, not just some, if he can get a Congress that actually wants to vote for policies for all of us.

So far, it seems some Republicans in Congress are not interested in the country, and their big message is hate and revenge. Biden is honest and told the truths of what a president should be and do.

BONNIE SEABRIGHT

Mount Pleasant

Biden speech divisive

President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered the most divisive speech of my lifetime.

ROBERT UTSEY

Summerville

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