I subscribe to periodicals reporting from many sources. In the June 26 Columbian, 50 percent of the opinions published alluded to gun control.
David Morgan proposes inane punishment of gun owners if an offense is committed by one (“Create buffer around gun owners,” Our Readers’ Views). How about the same to drivers of cars? There are 35,000-plus fatalities annually from crashes there.
Herbert Bartling assails the NRA and the arms industry (“NRA leads nation down wrong path”). Bartling presents no verifiable evidence that industry or NRA members commit mass shootings. Politicians being purchased? Bartling offers no solution. Who votes them in? From the current president down the line, follow the money, particularly with career politicians.
Michael Nettleton paints the semi-auto AR-15 and its magazine as a weapon of war, designed only for killing many quickly (“AR-15 has limited purpose”). Should I tell him my birthday gift in 1962 was a semi-auto rifle with a nine-round magazine?
