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# Too much firepower
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/too-much-firepower-editor/
- Published: 2006-07-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T19:06:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ruth Rosen Santa Monica*

Police presence won’t protect anyone because they are outgunned. We are all at risk because of the massive amount of guns in our society.

We have a public health epidemic because the NRA and gun lobbies have consistently blocked even the most minuscule of meaningful gun control legislation.

President Bush and his administration even killed the assault rifle ban. So we are afloat in a massive arsenal of firepower like ducks in a shooting gallery.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 31, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/073106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)