Brady Law Ruling
Re “Unraveling Some Brady Law Falsehoods,” Commentary, July 2: The U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding background checks has no impact whatsoever on California’s law. John Lott’s commentary could leave the opposite impression.
Lott’s contention that “women benefited much more than men from carrying concealed handguns” is based on false assumptions. Women, in fact, have not bought into the gun lobby’s myth of self-protection. During the past 10 years, the number of women gun owners has flatlined at 7%-11% (Smith and Smith, 1995), despite gun manufacturers’ best efforts to woo women.
ANN REISS LANE, Chair
SUSAN SHAW, Exec. Dir.
Women Against Gun Violence
Los Angeles
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