Letter: We need new laws, not more prayers
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, white roses with the faces of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are attached to a telephone pole near the school in Newtown, Conn. The massacre in which a mentally troubled young man killed 26 children and teachers, served as a rallying cry for gun-control advocates across the nation. But in the three years since, many states have moved in the opposite direction, embracing the National Rifle Associations axiom that more good guys with guns are needed to deter mass shootings. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
By Josephine Watt | The Public Forum
| Oct. 15, 2017, 1:24 a.m.
I’m getting sick and tired of all the Republicans who won’t vote for any gun control but continually remind us that they are sending their thoughts and prayers to its victims. How about thoughts of a future where we wouldn’t be praying for victims of gun violence on a continual basis?
Isn’t that what legislators should be doing, making our society better? Safer?
Instead, they reluctantly talk about banning the device that converts the innocent little semi-automatic to a full-out machine gun, The Cadillac of killing devices.
It is not prayers we need; we need legislators who have heart, vision and the desire to legislate. Laws, not prayers.
Josephine Watt
Millcreek