Letter: Guns kill people too quickly

Published: Thursday, Dec. 27 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

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I can't believe that Jan Evans is trotting out the old chestnut that guns don't kill people, but people kill people ("Gun control," Dec. 18).

Maybe so, but guns let them kill lots and lots of people — really, really fast.

What would have happened if Adam Lanza had gone to Sandy Hook Elementary School armed with a knife? He probably couldn't have gotten past the security measures the school had in place.

Patty Wells

Salt Lake City

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pragmatistferlife

salt lake city, utah

Mountainman is the epitome of the issue.."a gun in my hand is better than a cop on the phone"..only if that's the only consequence of brandishing a gun..and only if it's probable that you will some day be the victim of a face to More..

8:06 a.m. Dec. 27, 2012
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airnaut

Everett, 00

So let me get this straight....

Republicans think it's OK to attack and invade a country over weapons of mass destruction that do not exist and never killed or threatened a single American,
but
Want that very same More..

10:07 a.m. Dec. 27, 2012
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Mountanman

Hayden, ID

Blaming guns for crime is as illogical as blaming spoons and forks for obesity. A gun in my hand is better for me and my family than a cop on the phone.

7:18 a.m. Dec. 27, 2012
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