‘Ignoring the Roots’
“Bush to ask $1 Billion for New Prisons, No Assault Rifle Ban,” read one of your Page 1 headlines (May 15), revealing to all what a clever plan-ahead guy President Bush is: Allow the import and sale of murderous assault rifles, but, in order to house the resulting murderous assaulters, spend $1 billion on new prisons.
The only problem is, at the rate the nation’s gun toters are popping off the populace we may run out of taxpayers to plunk out the billion dollars.
WALT HOPMANS
Santa Barbara
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