Man Pens Open Letter to the ‘Angry’ Anti-Gun ‘Liberal’ Who He Sat Next to on Train — and Lets Him in on a Big Secret

By Kathryn Blackhurst

One Boston rail commuter wrote an open letter to the man he sat next to on the train, telling him in an article published on Saturday that he was “the gun owner you hate” as he revealed that he carried his semiautomatic pistol during his commute that day.

In the piece published in the Boston Globe, “A. Linden” noted that he had sat down beside a man who was in the midst of a “spirited phone conversation.” As Linden sat quietly beside him, the man reportedly proceeded to rail against the “murderous NRA” and “bloodthirsty gun nuts” who caused schools to “run red with blood.,” as well as against the republicans who opposed President Barack Obama’s call for “sensible gun control,” and the “inbred redneck politicians” who have “infiltrated Capitol Hill.”

“I found myself amazed at the irony of the situation,” Linden wrote. “While you were spewing your venom, I sat quietly next to you with my National Rifle Association membership card in my wallet and my 9mm pistol in its holster. You were only 12 inches away from my legally owned semiautomatic pistol.”