American voter must demand for Congress to end the national gun violence epidemic

To the Editor echoes in the New York Times:  OMG❗  Unbelievable but it happened again, this time in Perry, Iowa, and it will keep happening until voters confront the politicians. 

With a majority of Americans saying they favor stricter gun laws such as universal background checks, there is no better time than now, in this election year, for voters to ask the candidates to support efforts to reduce gun violence in America.

Republicans, especially recently, are demanding yes or no answers to critical questions. In town halls and at rallies and caucuses, candidates need to be confronted: Will you commit to specific steps to insure the safety of our schoolchildren, yes or no?

There is no better time or place to demand yes or no answers to questions about gun safety than in Iowa in the next two weeks.

David Simpson in Rindge, New Hampshire

To the Editor: I am distressed and angered about another public school shooting (Perry, Iowa!)— and still no action from state and local governments regarding protecting our children from these violent acts. As a public-school teacher and a parent, I fear for my own children as well as my students❗