Echo opinion letter from Burlington Vermont ~ ban assault weapons

First step – ban assault weapons

Letter to the editor:  I winter in Florida where 17 students were recently gunned down at a local high school (Parkland Florida at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School). 

However, my wife and I continue to live in the Burlington during the non-winter months.

I read the Free Press online every morning and see that our beautiful state is afflicted with the same sickness as all other states plus the federal government. There are no politicians who have the intestinal fortitude to “ban assault weapons.”

Banning assault weapons should be the very first step in any proposed legislation, be it local or national. 

Certainly “banning assault weapons” would go a long way in protecting our children and saving many lives.

I am sickened by the lack of meaningful action on gun control by our elected “leaders.”

From Norbie Lavigna in Burlington Vermont