Larry Cox submitted a diatribe about gun control that really misses the point.
He claims that controlling fire arms in a civilian society constitutes punishment of the innocent people. He does not seem to believe that we have a problem with all the mass killings we have been cursed with.
Our society does have many problems, as he stated, but most of those problems are present in all human societies, and always have been. It is admirable to address them all, but they will not be resolved any time soon.
Meanwhile, people will continue to be slaughtered on a regular basis by individuals who have acquired weapons of war legally or illegally. It is rational to eliminate these weapons and tighten up the background check laws, including all loopholes. That is a reasonable beginning to reducing the unacceptable level of gun violence in this country. It has worked in other countries.
President Trump recently said, “The gun didn’t pull the trigger, the crazy person did.” What an inane statement! If the perpetrator hadn’t had the gun in the first place, he couldn’t have murdered all those truly innocent people.
Those who feel that they need war weapons in order to recreate should find a different hobby, one that society can afford.
Richard Sandberg, Ivins