Knezovich wrong on guns

I find it sad that Sheriff Knezovich feels a 15-year-old should not possess a handgun, but having access to “other” weapons is at parental discretion. On the one hand, he states he carried hunting rifles at high school and there was a gun in every rack of the rigs. I understand the example, even though I grew up in the city, as I also hunted with my family.

He states none of those guns walked into a school and none of them shot anybody. The sheriff gets it wrong on this one. He should have added that none of those guns were military grade weapons with rapid-fire capabilities, like the AR-15 that was used at Freeman and even though it failed, I’d like to see these type of war weapons off the streets, with proper funding of mental health replacing them.

These type guns have changed society, along with the gaming, gangs, etc., that went along with them being popularized. I am heartsick about the Freeman shooting, and I keep my former LC staff members in my heart, as I know we all go back to “that day” when we also experienced a terrible shooting.

Diane Wear

Spokane