Letter to the editor: Irresponsible gun owners are the guilty parties

I read with disgust the editorial “Will Mt. Pleasant boy’s death change federal law?” (April 16, TribLive). What laws did the gun shop and the gun manufacturer break? Earlier this month, a mother and father in Michigan were given 10 years in prison for leaving a gun available for a child. The guilty party in this sad story was the gun owner who left the gun unsecured where a child had access to it, and that is where the real crime lies.

Pennsylvania law requires that all firearms are sold with trigger or magazine well locks and strongly advises that all firearms, when not in use, be secured in a safe. How can you blame the gun shop or the manufacturer when the gun owner failed those children in every way?

Michigan got it right. Charge the gun owner. Send them to prison.

And this issue is trying to end the Second Amendment through the back door. Don’t be fooled.

Arnold Perkins

Mt. Pleasant