Editor, Gazette-Journal:

“Nearly 40,000 Americans died from gun violence in 2018. There have been over 350 mass shootings in the U.S. in the past year—nearly one per day—and gun violence in all its forms collectively takes the lives of over 100 people per day. Why do we let this happen? It is a horror!”

“Instead of ignoring the toll of mass shootings, suicide, domestic violence, accidental deaths, interpersonal conflict, it’s time to figure out the root causes of gun violence and research ways to prevent … tragedy ...” as reported by CBS News.

Recently a Mathews resident cited “mental issues” and moral decay as reasons for gun deaths. Given that the U.S. gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than other high-income countries with gun restrictions like Japan, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Greece, should we believe that Americans are 25 times crazier or decadent than they are? Face it, guns are a part of the problem.

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