In response to Pamela Dew (Readers' Forum, March 4), I must add: It is true that people kill people, not guns. It is also true that careless people without guns kill people, people with poor judgment without guns kill people and absent-minded people without guns kill people. Your chances of surviving, however, are greater against "people who kill people" when you do have a gun.
The problem lies not with guns but with justice. According to the Constitution, the government should not even be able to infringe on our right to bear arms.
Alan Barben
Marysvale
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