Letters: Gun control

Published: Sunday, May 6 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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Linda and Richard Eyre are to be applauded for standing up to media violence ("Stemming the tide of gun violence," April 29). However, the adage "guns kill people" needs to be put to rest. Guns are inanimate objects. They do not kill people any more than cars or swimming pools kill people.

It is only through the negligent, accidental or malicious actions of a human being that a gun can be deadly. Enacting more strict gun control is not the answer. Criminals will always find a way to circumvent the law, while law-abiding citizens will be put at a dangerous disadvantage. Statistics show that jurisdictions with lax gun ownership laws have dramatically lower violent crime rates.

Criminals are not as prone to act, knowing that others may be armed.

Ryan Phillips

Herriman

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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Louisiana is the state with the highest firearm related homicide rate at 7.75/100,000. Vermont is the lowest at .32/100,000. Both states have no significant gun control laws, so there is not much of a correlation there. Obviously that's a More..

8:49 a.m. May 6, 2012
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pragmatistferlife

salt lake city, utah

Want to play the odds with guns? In order for a gun to be useful it needs to be accessible. If accessible I'll bet the odds are far greater that a grandchild is going to find the gun and harm themselves or someone else than a burgler is going More..

8:41 a.m. May 6, 2012
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Eric Samuelsen

Provo, UT

I just think it's pretty difficult to shoot someone with a swimming pool.

A swimming pool is for swimming in. I suppose a determined assailant could drown someone in one, but that's not what they're for.

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12:16 p.m. May 6, 2012
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