Not with guns

Editor,
First of all I must state that I choose to not own a gun. I know in my heart of hearts that I would second guess myself to pull a trigger against another human being and that could cost me my life.

However, I am also a fan of history and know that by making something illegal to posses does not make it inaccessible. It makes it profitable. If it is criminal to own a gun then I guarantee criminals will find easy pickings of everyone that does not have one and all those criminals with gun connections will makes millions without sporting goods stores and the like as competitors in the market.

Wise up America and don’t make a bad situation worse. I hate that there are automatic weapons available out there, but that will not go away by making it illegal to own them. We did it for a while with alcohol and Capone became a millionaire. We are doing it with drugs and the drug lords love it. And now you want to do it with guns. How many mistakes do we need to make?

Bill Linley
Porterville