The rear window of a Colorado Springs Police car is shattered after a shooting Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette)
Re: “Open carry becomes focus after Colorado Springs shooting rampage,” Nov. 4 news story.
Add this to the long list of things that could be done to reduce gun carnage in this country: Repeal open-carry laws. A gun has one purpose and that is to kill. No one roaming with a rifle within the city limits of any city is planning on doing a little hunting.
If police had been able to intervene when they were first notified that the Colorado Springs shooter was walking the neighborhood displaying a rifle, lives might have been saved.
I still plan on running when I see someone brandishing a gun. Too bad there’s no way to know if they have homicidal intent or are just exercising their right to display.
Marian Haugh, Greenwood Village
This letter was published in the Nov. 5 edition.
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