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Article snippet: To the Editor: Perhaps the saddest fact about the horrifying mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night is that it won’t be the last. These mass killings will continue until there is the political will to enact effective gun control measures. If the heartbreaking massacre of 20 6- and 7-year-olds at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., nearly five years ago couldn’t bring about that change in culture, I doubt the latest tragedy in Las Vegas will either. STEPHEN A. SILVER, SAN FRANCISCO To the Editor: Listening to the recordings of the massacre in Las Vegas, we hear the sickening continuation of the ammunition rounds coming from the weapons of one man. This kind of terrorism is brought to you by the National Rifle Association and all those who support the idea of semiautomatic weapons being in the hands of practically anyone. More weapons and more dangerous weapons are killing us, not protecting us. The death rate from gun violence in the United States is on average 25 times higher than in high-income nations with sensible gun control laws. Making more dangerous weapons available to more people increases our danger. No number of weapons, including semiautomatic weapons, in the hands of the tragic victims in Las Vegas would have saved their lives. RANDALL F. HIRZEL, DENVER To the Editor: President Trump’s tweet, offering “warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting,” says nothing about the proliferation of gu... Link to the full article to read more