Letter to the editor: Guns & gun owners

Many changes have been made to gun regulations over the years, but when will people finally think it is enough?

After working with a bipartisan nonprofit, I know positive change can be made. Now I see, though, that there are many things wrong. But it isn’t the guns; it is the people who own guns. It isn’t people who are denied in screenings to obtain guns, but regular people like you and me.

Regarding the article “Judge won’t dismiss charges against ex-Derry mayor accused in gun incident” (Jan. 17, TribLIVE): I can’t comprehend why anyone would wave a revolver at teenagers to break up a disagreement. In order to satisfy the definition of a crime based on Pennsylvania law, he had to have “attempted to cause serious bodily injury to another … recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.” This man did just this. Are guns the issue in this case, or is it the people holding them?

Maresa Vaccarello

East Liberty

The writer is a student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.