Opinion: Texas mall shooting was a typical day in violent U.S.
To the editor: One other common day in the US. We’re a gun-happy, violent society with too many leaders who select to do nothing to cut back the carnage attributable to weapons.
Matt Giorgi, Brea
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To the editor: As a fan of Ward Sutton’s spot-on political cartoons, I marveled on the uncommon prescience of his newest, “Gun violence-response apps for Republicans,” that appeared in The Instances this weekend.
The cartoon’s first body shared phrases prefacing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s trademark response to information of every successive taking pictures tragedy in his state: “Our hearts exit…” For sure, Abbott stated nothing to suggest smart gun management measures.
On Saturday the Allen, Texas, mall bloodbath transpired. Which left Abbott to resort to his de rigueur “our hearts” dodge — with no point out of taking steps to manage the ever-worsening gun violence epidemic.
P. Jane Weil, Sacramento
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To the editor: Thanks, Texas. Thanks, purple states and your governors. Thanks, Republican representatives in Washington. With out your asinine logic and heartless selections, the populace wouldn’t perceive that you just couldn’t care much less whether or not we stay or die. Thanks, SCOTUS, for decoding a centuries-old doc that references weapons of one other age and making use of your special-interest-influenced rulings that lead to a mindless physique depend.
With out all of you “leaders” we’d nonetheless suppose that we stay within the best nation on this planet. As a substitute, we all know indubitably that we stay in some of the evil, backward-thinking nations on Earth. This doubtful distinction is properly earned as a result of you have got the facility to finish this carnage however as an alternative you refuse. Thanks for nothing.
Rod Lawrence, Los Angeles
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To the editor: In America are we so jaded, callous and “blind” that we proceed to just accept the slaughter of harmless individuals. Each day we hear of one other taking pictures — at a mall, a clinic, a college. It has develop into commonplace, the norm.
Gov. Greg Abbott dismissed gun management as a fast answer that received’t resolve the issue. He feels that addressing psychological well being is the long-term answer. However not everybody who makes use of a gun to kill has a psychological sickness. Some kill for revenge or hate.
I’m sick of listening to that “weapons don’t kill, individuals do.” Different nations which have banned AK-15s and different assault weapons have seen deaths drop drastically. Isn’t it time for the U.S. to enact laws towards these murderous weapons?
Deborah R. Ishida, Beverly Hills
