Solution: Treat ammunition like Sudafed

To the editor:

With all the debating about gun control, I feel that nobody is addressing the issue in a sensible manner. Some people fear the government will confiscate their guns, despite the Second Amendment. Others want to impose restrictions on the types of guns allowed or the capacity of their magazines.

I have a simpler solution, and I’m modeling it after a government program that is already in place.

Every time I go to the pharmacy to purchase Sudafed, I have to provide identification and sign for it. Presumably, this will prevent me from manufacturing methamphetamine. I guess it works. I’ve never manufactured amphetamines.

So, my proposal is this: Every time someone goes into a store to purchase ammunition, they must provide identification and sign for their purchase. There could even be a limit placed on the amount of ammunition that could be purchased at one time, just like there’s a limit on the amount of Sudafed that can be purchased at one time. If ammunition is restricted or limited, that should at least cut down on mass shootings. Individual murders will continue, of course, but that’s the price one has to pay for Second Amendment rights.

The bottom line is that nobody’s gun gets confiscated. The National Rifle Association should be thrilled.

DAVID ADAMS

LAS VEGAS

Citizen of the world

To the editor:

If your letter writers don’t like the term “illegal alien” (“Style says ‘illegal immigrants’ are no more,” April 6 letter), perhaps “citizen of the world” might be in order.

Is there some sort of presumed idea that we have exclusivity to this territory called the United States? Can I not travel and enter other countries? And why can’t I stay there? What say you to those who landed at Plymouth Rock? Are we not here illegally? Could the native Indians have said, “Sorry, we’re all full up?”

We have a commission that decides how many of what kind of people, and their families, to allow to come and live in our country permanently. It wasn’t that long ago we increased that number from a quarter-million people a year to 1 million. Who decides the commission’s priorities? Seemed big business wanted a larger labor pool, and who’s to say you can’t be kicked out yourself?

There are lots of reasons and motives to take into consideration when deciding who’s illegal and why.

JERRY STURDIVANT

LAS VEGAS

Misleading ad

To the editor:

Nevadans, please don’t be fooled by the TV ad currently running, showing a hunter encouraging us to contact our representatives in support of universal background checks. He’s not a hunter, and he doesn’t represent gun owners, as displayed by his violation of three basic gun safety rules.

1. Always point a gun in a safe direction (up or down, not where children could run in front of it).

2. Keep your finger off the trigger until pointed and ready to shoot.

3. Keep a gun unloaded and safe until ready to use (chamber open showing unloaded gun).

This guy isn’t a gun owner. He’s an actor hired by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to help promote his anti-gun agenda.

For whatever reason, Mayor Bloomberg just hates to see American citizens exercising their full Second Amendment freedoms.

ED PIERCE

LAS VEGAS