So tougher laws are a good idea. Ted Crooks, a trustee of the Grossmont Union High School District, said he had only given lip support to gun control in years past. But that ended with the shootings at Santana and Granite Hills, both of which are in his district. There is a loaded gun in one of 10 households with children in our nation. And credible studies have shown a gun is 23 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder.
Guns turn a crack in the dam into a flood.
They turn pathetic misfits into mass murderers at our schools and on our streets. If we allow unfettered access to guns, I'm afraid tragedies like Santana and Columbine will happen again and again. Linda Homuth, a spokeswoman for the San Diego office of Handgun Control Inc., said she takes seriously the NRA claim that it has the ear of President Bush. We plan to hold him to that promise.