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# City Manager The guns are the problem
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-manager-the-guns-are-the-problem-editor/
- Published: 2006-03-08T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:20:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ruth Rosen Santa Monica*

Councilman Herb Katz’s comment: “No matter who is shot, we can never lay down and say this is OK” (SMDP, March 3, page 7.) It is not OK for the U.S. to accept an over-abundance of guns in our society. Guns are killing people on an ever-increasing daily basis. Even our police force is out gunned. We have a well-armed populace, thanks to the NRA and gun lobbies, who emasculate any meaningful gun control legislation. Many states have no gun control and until the federal government enforces uniform laws in all 50 states, the killing will continue.

Unfortunately, the present administration is in thrall to the gun lobbies.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 8, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030806.pdf?ref=smdp.com)