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# Ocean Park Guns are what kill
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/ocean-park-guns-are-what-kill-editor/
- Published: 2003-12-03T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:17:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Ruth Rosen Santa Monica*

Amazingly enough, not word is offered by this prestigious think tank concerning guns and gun control in the U.S. (RAND study on gun violence, SMDP, Dec. 1, page 1). The gun industry has flooded the market with these weapons of mass destruction, and present gun-control laws have gigantic loopholes, thanks to the gun lobbies.

Until the federal government legislates uniform gun-control laws, the killing will continue. Many states have no laws, and the present administration bows to the NRA.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 3, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120303.pdf?ref=smdp.com)