Regarding “‘Don’t be numb to this’: Battling despair over gun deaths” (Jan. 29, TribLIVE): As a lifelong hunting and firearm enthusiast, I would gladly give up my modern firearms if it would end the active shooter carnage we are now experiencing. But it won’t because the bad guys who have no regard for the law will still be armed, and I cannot rely on the government to protect me and my community from them.

Our third president, Thomas Jefferson, summed it up when he stated, “laws that forbid the carrying of arms … disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” A quotation for the ages! The way it is.

Giles H. Guisbert

North Huntingdon

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