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Primary use of assault rifles is to kill humans

A March 4 letter from a “highly trained” longtime NRA member suggests that the solution to gun violence is more mental health screening. Why, then, does the NRA consistently oppose efforts to restrict the availability of guns? What good is it to declare someone mentally unfit if they can easily get an assault rifle anyway?

How exactly would we determine mental fitness? The pat answer is evaluation by a medical professional, but everyone knows that, as with all professions, there are some bad apples who will certify anything you want for a fee.

Fortunately, there’s a very simple way to tell if someone is mentally unfit to own an assault rifle: anyone who desires to own an assault rifle is a dangerous mental case.

I have no problem whatsoever with single-shot hunting rifles. I used to own one myself. Automatic weapons are a completely different story. Their primary use is to kill humans quickly, and the secondary uses are just excuses.

Mitch Bradley

Makawao

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