To the Editor:

We as a people need to take a closer look at what is happening in our society when it comes to violence. As soon as tragedy strikes, especially concerning guns, we all jump to the conclusion that banning guns will stop the crime. It won’t. From that point of view, it would be like making the basketball responsible for Michael Jordan being a great player, or the bat for Mickey Mantle’s success.

We as humans don’t want to take responsibility for sometimes producing defective offspring. As a young man, my family had a thoroughbred breeding farm where we took great measures to breed the best with the best to only produce the finest-quality foals. Any farmer/breeder of most livestock will agree to this method.