Re: “,” June 22 editorial.
I take issue with the statement that “background checks stopped more than 7,000 people from buying guns in Colorado in 2015 alone.”
Background checks may have stopped 7,000 specific transactions, but would you bet your life that none of those people were able to buy the gun they wanted in another transaction?
The statement presumes that a person planning to commit a crime is concerned about it being illegal for them to obtain a gun. I will suggest laws did not stop Evan Ebel from obtaining a gun even though it was an illegal act. How many of the 7,000 who failed the background check were able to buy a gun in another transaction? How many of the 7,000 stole a gun because they couldn’t buy one? How many could borrow a gun?
Donald Opeka, Broomfield
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