U.S. Has Competition in Prize for Violence
As much as Tim Rutten might wish, homicidal attacks cannot be legislated out of existence.
He can, however, own a gun and protect himself and his family. Who knows, some day he might even stop a madman from killing somebody.
Imagine if just one patron of Luby’s cafeteria in Killeen, Tex., was armed and shot back. God knows how many lives would have been saved.
ROBERT W. BURKE
Laguna Niguel
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