Notes & Asides

■ Dear Mr. Buckley:

In “Bloody Impasse on Guns?” [“On the Right,” NR, May 18] you state that your least favorite argument is Slippery Slope. While I do not care for the term either, there is definitely a slope there and it is a slope of diminished footing. Handgun Control, Incorporated (HCI), and its associated lobbying groups admit in their internal documents that their eventual goal is the total disarmament of the American population.

About the Author

William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

■ Dear Mr. Buckley:

In “Bloody Impasse on Guns?” [“On the Right,” NR, May 18] you state that your least favorite argument is Slippery Slope. While I do not care for the term either, there is definitely a slope there and it is a slope of diminished footing. Handgun Control, Incorporated (HCI), and its associated lobbying groups admit in their internal documents that their eventual goal is the total disarmament of the American population.