Late response on guns is sickening
The knee-jerk, "oops, this happened again" response by Congress to recent shootings sprees is disgusting.
Scrambling to act upon the much-publicized incidents in an election year, legislators are at fault for not passing a national assault weapons ban and tolerating an out-of-control gun culture permitted to be acted out in our movie theaters and on our streets.
Rather, they take care not to rattle the cage of the biggest campaign contributor, lest the National Rifle Association is offended.
Forget mental illness, guns and their easy access to anyone are the common denominator in all these events.
Let's hope the next gunshot wound is not another wakeup call unheeded.
Stephanie A. Victor
Lake Forest
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