Editor,
The well-expressed guest perspective “The one choice you can’t afford to make” by Rudy Espinoza Murray dated July 30 on the crisis of gun violence is comprehensive and so eye-opening. The facts and numbers are very scary. The suggestions for solutions are worthwhile making every possible effort.
Hopefully, everyone reads this piece. Hopefully all of us do something about it and reach out to gun violence prevention groups.
Guns destroy lives, families and communities ... too often, too many times.
Susanne Thiel
Foster City
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(2) comments
Ms. Thiel - violence comes from people, not guns. Violence destroys lives, families and communities … too often, too many times. Maybe you should ask why King Newsom release 76,000 criminals back into the general public and why San Mateo County released hundreds of felons back into our community last year. Maybe ask why violent crime is increasing in mostly Democrat-controlled urban centers. Those numbers are even more eye-opening. Maybe ask why gun background checks are on pace to be the highest of all time, with corresponding gun sales. I recommend everyone invest a little in self-defense. Your family will thank you.
Unlike well heeled politicians, poor people can't afford security guards. Gun ownership helps people in violent neighborhoods protect their families. Just the fact that someone might have a gun protects them.
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