Letter to the editor: Morality of gun control vs. abortion

In his letter “Gun violence prevention laws effective and a moral imperative”, Rev. Vincent Kolb laments mass shootings and states “anyone with compassion who values human life should be morally outraged by our society’s refusal to prevent this slaughter.”

Someone should ask him about the morality of the 60 million unborn being murdered since 1973.

The prophet said to Judah: “Come now, let us reason together. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow.” (Isaiah 1:18)

Are the nearly 1 million abortions performed annually, moral? Is a woman’s right to do with her body as she pleases sacrosanct to the extent of exterminating a preborn life?

The logic on the left is: 39,773 deaths (23,854 suicides/self-abortion) is an “outrageous slaughter and moral tragedy,” but nearly 1 million deaths are just a statistic.

If liberals are willing to consider giving up their right to exterminate unborn children, conservatives may be willing to consider giving up firearms.

Therein lies the hypocrisy of this conundrum.

David A. Scandrol

Lower Burrell