Deadly gun violence continues while Republicans ignore protective actions

Los Angeles Times opinion echoes readers write about uncontrolled gun violence: "shame on us".  

To the editor: None of us can claim to be shocked anymore when one of these “2nd Amendment celebrations” known as mass shootings occur. (“Terror at Monterey Park dance studio: What we know about Lunar New Year mass shooting,” Jan. 22, 2023)

A reasonable person would have expected something to have been done after after 6- and 7-year-olds were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. But no.

The thing is, in the United States, these horrendous shootings are acceptable. If they weren’t acceptable, we wouldn’t accept them. 

But, somehow, unbelievably, we do.

Shame on us❗

From William Elmelund, West Hollywood

And this.....To the editor: “This kind of thing doesn’t happen in my neighborhood,” one individual in Monterey Park was quoted as saying. This is a statement that has been repeated after so many mass shootings.

Another person revealed that he started carrying a gun with him after a Texas mass shooting, evidently in the belief that we can stop gun violence by arming ourselves.

The probability of a mass shooting in any of our neighborhoods is high. We need to realize this and work on a solution.

Conversely, the likelihood of solving this tragic problem by carrying more guns is low. More gun possession in our communities increases the probability of violence.

We, as imperfect human beings, possess lethal weapons that are being used to kill ourselves and others with a frequency that is terrifying. From Joan Horn in Carlsbad, California.

Maine Writer- Republicans refuse to accept the undisputable fact that guns cause death. Therefore, gun violence is preventable.