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# Justifying guns now seems ludicrous
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/justifying-guns-now-seems-ludicrous-editor/
- Published: 2007-04-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:35:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

What the rage of one man and “guns” can do! Thirty-three students are slain at Virginia Tech, young lives spirited away. Yet, Republicans and the NRA say, more guns, more concealed weapons.

The Bush administration and GOP have stripped away crime-fighting measures meant to derail this sort of tragedy. It’s time to deal with causes instead of effects when it comes to gun violence.

Would/could this event have happened without the easy availability of semi-automatic handguns?

Already heard in the coffee shop, the litany of phony excuses from the gun lobby. Ask these gun enthusiasts: How would you feel if your child was a victim of the latest gun violence?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 19, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)