Gun Control Attempts

"NRA's Good Times Roll On" (editorial, Nov. 14) upset me. It is based on the theory that more gun laws will reduce killings. It also paints those who don't march to this point of view as gun nuts.

I am certainly not a gun nut, but I am well read on all sides of this issue. I read the fact that the killing of schoolchildren in Israel stopped when teachers became armed. I read that a year after Australia confiscated guns from all of its citizens, the number of gun-related homicides and robberies increased. I read that the states and cities with the strongest gun laws (like New York City, Chicago, Washington) have the highest murder rates.

It is clear to me that that gun control is really victim disarmament. Because of your erroneous views, I just joined the NRA to help counter views spread by some of the media and politicians.
     

PAUL D. BLUMSTEIN
Rancho Palos Verdes