Letter to the Editor
Letter: Guns Do Kill People
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To the Editor: The National Rifle Association and its supporters like to say: "Guns don't kill people; people kill people." The fact is, though, that it is much harder to kill without a gun and so easy to kill large numbers very fast with semi- or fully automatic weapons. The recent school incident in China (taking place about the same time as the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting) illustrates this point perfectly. There, a mad man entered a school intending to harm a class of 22 small children. Because he had only a knife, no one was killed, although a few people were injured. In our highly religious nation, how is it that gun owners and the financial interests of the gun industry trump the lives of so many, including those of little …
Jaded Smaded
9:18 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
freedom is choice. If you don't want guns, that's your business. I do and that's my Shame on the Patch for sturbusiness. The right to bear arms is NECESSARY to a free nation. Conneticut is pretty far away and yours and everyone else's emotions are getting in the way of reasonable thought. Shame on the Patch for stirring up peoples emotions. How about that gapping hole in Illinois' budget? more ›