Madam, – In light of the recent shooting tragedies at Cumbria, I urge your readers to exercise caution in jumping on the gun control bandwagon. I reside in the United States, where homeowners have successfully prevented rapes, robberies and homicides in their homes, thanks to their Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Burglary rates in this country are lower than they are in Western Europe for the same reason, and the assertion that greater gun control necessarily leads to greater crime control is a myth that is causing too many law-abiding European citizens to become unnecessary crime statistics. – Yours, etc,