Letter: Lawmakers must face facts, levy gun control

We are experiencing another tragic American epidemic in gun violence. Many gun advocates, especially NRA-influenced, far-right lawmakers, point to mental illness as the prime cause for this senseless carnage. To me, that is just a craven and pathetic excuse for dereliction of their duty to protect American citizens by codifying stringent gun laws.

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