Letters to the Editor
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Guns are NOT the problem
And no, I am not a gun owner or a memeber of the NRA. In the 1960's, you could buy fully assembled, fully automatic weapons (read: machine guns) and their required ammunition right out of the Sears catalog by mail, no background check, no ID check to verify age or anything. And yet, we didn't have the kinds of mass killings and gang violence that we have now, with all our regulations, laws, background checks, bans on assault weapons, etc. Yes, there was that man who went up the clock tower and committed a mass murder, but that was beyond even an anomaly back then. The fact of the matter is that it's not the guns causing these problems. It's the general erosion of the spirit that allows people to become so heinous. My heart goes out to the families and friends of those poor, innocent victims of the VA Tech tragedy, but eliminating guns won't cure the disease, it will only mask a symptom.