We banned machine guns in the 1930s. Why can`t we ban semi-automatic assault rifles now?
(LA Times Dodgers)

To the editor: I´m not sure why the Los Angeles Times believed Dan McLaughlin´s Feb. 16 op-ed article, `Every solution to mass shootings inevitably involves a serious trade-off,` was worthy of publication. It was basically a clarion call to do nothing about gun violence, but not even a real discussion...