Re: “Oregon gunman’s mother posted about guns, autism,” Oct. 7 news story.
Both the Sandy Hook and Umpqua Community College shooters had mothers who knew they had mental health issues and still gave their sons access to guns — even going to shooting ranges with them. The father of the Umpqua shooter also blames it on guns, not willing to take responsibility for his failure as a parent.
My daughter attends Umpqua Community College, but was fortunately not on campus that day.
Easy access to guns, while it facilitates these killings, isn’t the problem — mental health is. The South Carolina church killings could just as easily have been done with a 5-gallon can of gasoline and a book of matches.
Richard Pearson, Parker
This letter was published in the Oct. 9 edition.
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