Gun bans ineffective

The Jan. 29 editorial on the proposed gun-ban bill missed one minor point (that’s usually missed by all ban proponents). Criminals don’t follow the laws. It’s almost a self-defining statement. Any ban might hinder spur-of-the-moment killings by average citizens but wouldn’t have stopped any of the recent prominent killings, of police or anyone else. These were planned in advance, and any criminal can always get an illegal gun.

Even if you banned all private guns, it would not stop premeditated gun killings since criminals can always get black market military weapons. And as long there is any demand, there will always be a black market. That’s the nature of the human being and real world.

Let’s concentrate on solving some of the other critical problems facing the state and the nation while there still are a state and a nation resembling what we have now.

Eric C. Johnson

Spokane