Weapons: Azusa Law on Ammunition

Regarding the story “Azusa Tentatively OKs Laws Controlling Ammunition” (March 5), I would like to congratulate Mayor Stephen Alexander and the rest of the Azusa City Council for having the courage and integrity to ignore the collective plea of the citizens of Azusa and forge ahead with their plan to register ammunition sales.

I can’t think of another issue that would work as well on Election Day to bring out the pro-gun vote.

I will remind the council that a similar law was part of the 1968 Gun Control Act but was thrown out in 1986 after tracking 32-billion rounds over 18 years because not one crime was ever solved with all of that data. I am curious if Police Chief Byron Nelson has given the council any estimates on the number of crimes he expects to solve with this law?

MICHAEL A. PACER Glendora