Politicians created nation’s gun mess
THE REALITY is politicians, those who have kissed up to the NRA/gun lobby for decades anyway, have created problems for us so bad we will be stuck with shootings, mass or otherwise, (to) plague us nearly every day for the rest of our lives. Now we truly are going to have to have armed, trained people almost everywhere to protect innocent people.
That said, we should still enact restrictions so things don’t get even worse. And going forward in this mess, we should sue the unethical makers of semi-auto assault weapons, extended-magazines and bump-stocks whenever possible. And above all, vote those politicians out.
George H. Dabling, Rio Rancho
Address the why, not how, to stop killings
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