Gunplay Isn’t Funny

It was with dismay that I viewed the picture and captions dealing with your story on the Groundlings troupe (“Hit the Ground Laughing,” by Susan King, Sept. 23). I believe I have a reasonable sense of humor and appreciation for the theater, but I fail to find the humor and entertainment value in two men holding small pistols to each other’s head.

With the recent and recurring gun deaths that we are experiencing in our communities and nation, surely you must be aware of the terrible, traumatic grief that senseless gun death and injuries cause. As someone whose 21-year-old son was killed by a young teenager holding a small pistol to his head during an attempted robbery, it would be my hope and request that The Times cease running pictures that make light of guns.

MARY LEIGH BLEK

Western regional director,

the Bell Campaign, Laguna Hills