An officer sits next to a displayed image of Officer Jessie Hartnett ahead of a news conference, Jan. 8, 2016, in Philadelphia. A gunman ambushed a police officer in his marked cruiser at an intersection, striking him multiple times in the arm during a barrage of bullets and fleeing before being apprehended, officials said Friday. (Matt Rourke, The Associated Press)
Re: “Police: Gunman said he shot Philadelphia cop in Islam’s name,” Jan. 9 news story.
Isn’t it ironic that even if we had removed and destroyed the more than 300 million guns owned by Americans, the recent shooting of Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett by Edward Archer would still have taken place, since the gun Archer used was stolen from a police officer’s home.
I support stricter background checks and lower-capacity gun magazines; however, bad people do bad things — they always have and they always will.
Jim Malec, Roxborough
This letter was published in the Jan. 14 edition.
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