RE SCOT Lehigh’s Feb. 20 column: one only has to look to anti-gun fanatics such as state Representative David Linsky whose apparent goal is to disarm all law-abiding citizens to understand the NRA’s opposition to further gun control (“The NRA’s sharp turn to the right,” Op-ed). The NRA turned to the right because gun ownership was under intense attack nationwide.
In 1975, a drive was launched in Massachusetts to ban handguns. I was instrumental in forming the Gun Owners Action League to defeat that effort. Since then, gun owners across the nation have been under continuous attack, despite the fact that all evidence shows that gun control fails to reduce crime or violence.
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Only pure zealotry could lead you to declare "all evidence shows that gun control fails to reduce crime or violence."
Really, all evidence? How about the fact that in Japan, there were 11 gun deaths last year? Their strict gun control isn't a factor in that?
The proposed legislation is aimed at restricting felons and the mentally ill from purchasing firearms and limiting magazines to ten rounds. How is that an attack on the 2nd Amendment?
The magazine limitation is a smoke screen. It will get a law abidding citizen killed. Ignorance of weapons and their capabilities will not help anyone but the criminal.