Letters to the Editor
Karen Webb
They are discussing gun control and Arizona, and someone says if someone had a pistol that day, the guy in Arizona would have been dead.

Letters to the Editor
Keith Kelley
Webb claims to leave “any and every establishment when I see a person with a gun who is not wearing a law enforcement uniform.” Since Oklahoma law states your gun must be concealed, how are you seeing all these people with guns? I know of no one advocating everyone and their old maid aunt pack heat, except you.

CFN
Gazette staff
Hey, Sooner Nation: There’s a guy in Michigan you might want to put on your Christmas card mailing list this year. Kyle Meinke, who covers football for annarbor.com, was the only voter in the Associated Press Top 25 football preseason poll to give the first-place nod to the University of Oklahoma.

Drama
Rod Lott
If John Hillcoat is setting out to build a directorial career on downbeat and depressing films, he's doing a fine job. From The Proposition and The Road — especially The Road — and now Lawless, bleakness is his bread and butter.