Letters: Laws don't change intent

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 9 2013 8:06 p.m. MST

Laura Seitz, Deseret News

Summary

As I listen to the gun debate, I hear people who want more restriction on guns.

That may work on those who obey the law. My question is how are you going to get a criminal to take gun safety class or go through background checks?

If one obeys the law, new laws will help. But if you are intent on breaking the law, new laws will not work.

David Barnes

Smithfield

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Curmudgeon

Salt Lake City, UT

JCS: "criminals could not use guns to commit crimes if the criminals were locked up where they belong."

So do you lock up the Adam Lanzas of the world, who have no prior criminal record? How do you identify such More..

10:03 p.m. Jan. 9, 2013
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Curmudgeon

Salt Lake City, UT

How simple, convenient, and lazy, to dichotomize the world into only two classes--criminals and non-criminals, good and evil, saints and sinners, conservatives and liberals, us and them. It's the classic foundation for discrimination and bias More..

8:55 p.m. Jan. 9, 2013
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Screwdriver

Casa Grande, AZ

JCS, we lock up more people than any other country in total numbers and per-capita. How in the world do you suppose the "left wing" is keepin people out of jail?

The last few mass shootings have been law abiding citizens until the More..

2:06 a.m. Jan. 10, 2013
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