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tomc wrote:Somehow, this makes sense to them - (emphasis mine)


Apr. 18, 2007
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LETTERS: Lax gun laws to blame for Virginia shooting
To the editor:

I am a full-time community college student. The Virginia Tech shooting doesn't scare me -- it just makes me sad. If the gunman hadn't had such ample access to either guns or ammunition, the death toll probably would have been lower or possibly nonexistent.

So a lower "death toll" would have been "more acceptable"???

Every time a school shooting happens, the media, the victims' families and the general public look for reasons and people to blame. We should all start by blaming ourselves.

I didn't do anything wrong. Why am I to blame???

There's no reason for a person to carry a gun unless he is a government official, a hunter in a rural area or a criminal. There is no reason a person should be able to buy as much ammunition as he wants, especially for weapons such as pistols. These lax laws are keeping this country in danger of its own citizens.

So being a criminal gives you a "reason" to carry a gun???

I know that people would still have guns if they were banned. But if they were harder to get, people who are in desperate situations would seek other methods to remedy their situations.

So would it have been an "acceptable method" if he had used a knife to stab these people???

In this country, we are so afraid of not being able to protect ourselves that we make it easier to put guns in the hands of people who will harm us. It makes me sad.

Andrea Eidenier

LAS VEGAS