| Show She h questions gun control Dear Editor A man walks onto the playground of an elementary school and opens fire killing five students and wounding wounding wounding wound wound- ing 29 others and one teacher before shooting himself with a pistol If children playing innocently in a schoolyard at recess are no longer safe from heavily armed criminals and lunatics who is Citizens are convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that no one is safe and the solution seems to be beto beto beto to arm themselves for survival in a world seemingly gone mad I agree with the group of people who would ban the powered high-powered military weapons that have only one use to kill a human being I am also in favor of a 15 day federally mandated waiting period before a buyer is isable isable isable able to pick up any gun The waiting period is necessary to allow time for a thorough background check which would indicate whether or not the buyer is a felon I question that the new push for gun control will get very far Americans in the 3 million-member million National Rifle Association feel that they have a moral and constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- right to own guns Even President Bush a time life-time member of the has agreed that free men and women have the right to own a gun to protect their homes I think it is a shame that responsible law-abiding law citizens have such a lack of confidence in the police that they have to start arming themselves in case they have to join the battle It is assumed that the majority of American gun owners bought their weapons for hunting or target shooting but now self-protection self is the primary reason There is a growing feeling that We must do it ourselves To be effective any law regulating semi-automatic semi assault rifles would have to be federal It would make no sense to ban such weapons in California if they could be legally purchased in neighboring Arizona and Oregon I am in favor of gun control to an extent I think the Federal Government should ban the sale of military weapons to civilians A new federal law should require a buyer to provide detailed background information information information mation and the law should require a week two-week waiting period I feel that the US U.S. would be a safer place if some sort of gun control was placed into our lives Signed Julie Morgan |
