In your opinion piece “Gun Rights” of 9-13-13, you correctly attribute the recall of two Colorado Democrat state senators to their “yes” votes on restrictive gun legislation. However, that is only the simple half of the story. Other news accounts fill in the rest of the blanks by pointing out that the recall was initiated primarily because the folks these two senators represented were not even permitted to speak during hearings held by the senators prior to the vote on the new, restrictive laws.