Common denominator of hate - guns

Recently a white gunman shot and killed 13 innocent Mexican people in El Paso, Texas, just because they were of Mexican nationality. Earlier a white person in New Zealand shot and killed about 50 Muslims because they had a different religion.

Sometime ago, a young white supremacist hating blacks killed nine black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina. Soon after, a former black soldier went to Dallas, Texas, shot and killed five white policemen and wounded others because he did not like white people, especially white policemen. After that horrendous deed, 11 innocent Jewish people were shot and killed in a synagogue simply because they were Jewish.

Around that time a black individual hating Christians, especially black pastors traveled to Atlanta with a gun intending to kill Dr. Martin Luther King's father, but was only able to kill Dr. King's mother and another worshipper in the church.

In Florida, a young man of Middle East origins went to the Pulse night club intending to kill everyone inside with an AK-47 rifle to express dissatisfaction with U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria killing 49 innocent gay Latino boys, their sexual orientation was not involved. A man who hated Republicans intended to kill everyone at he Republican Annual Baseball Game, only able to severely wound Rep. Scalise. Because of dissatisfaction a student in Arizona shot Democrat Rep. Gifford, only paralyzing her, killing six others in her crowd. The U.S. government's use of force at the Branch Davidian compound, three individuals bombed the Federal Building in Omaha, killing 169 people including 15 day care children.

Where do these hateful killers come from. All that someone needs to express anger is obtain a gun and kill a number of people. Restrictions must be placed on gun purchases for the protection of the American people.

Stewart E. Brekke

Downers Grove