Criticizing Gun Ownership on ‘Cybill’ Is Off the Mark

Susan Shaw thinks the Oct. 14 “Cybill” was totally one-sided (Counterpunch, Nov. 11). The only thing she is upset about is that it is the “wrong side” of her perspective.

For years, we have been exposed to TV shows that end up with the characters “seeing the light” and rejecting gun ownership by the closing credits.

Finally, we see on “Cybill” a character with another viewpoint, and gun control groups are angered.

Of course, Shaw quotes the usual questionable statistics that a gun in the home triples the risk of shooting a family member. No one can prove where this came from, but the anti-gun media have repeated it so often that it has become gospel to them. They refuse to believe that millions of people keep handguns safely at home for sport or protection. I say ‘hooray’ for Cybill Shepherd.

MERVIN P. SHIDLER

Inglewood