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# Let’s just ditch the guns already
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/lets-just-ditch-the-guns-already-editor/
- Published: 2007-04-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:36:23.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ruth Rosen Santa Monica*

Response to emergencies is after the fact. People will already be dead or wounded.

No amount of protective planning or police force can compete with guns. The fact is that anyone can easily obtain guns in America. This country is flooded with guns and no decent federal gun control exists. Many states have none (Texas is even considering giving guns to the blind so they can enjoy the outdoors and hunt!) Our legislators fear the NRA and have turned a public health and safety crisis into a political football. We need another Million Mom March on Washington DC.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 20, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)