Gun Control and Shooting Rampages

There are a couple of unspoken assumptions in the articles about the Million Mom March (“Gun Violence Moves Moms to Action,� April 3). The first is that outrages such as the shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center result from a lack of gun control laws and that more such laws will end them. One organizer says, “If we do nothing, it will happen again.� The truth is, even if they do something, it will happen again.

The second is that the description of a crime committed with a gun and the heart-wrenching reaction to that crime are arguments for new gun control laws. While true believers are thus convinced, the description of an event, without more, does not suggest a solution.

--RICHARD DE LA SOTA

Redondo Beach