Letters, Sept. 6: Longer prison sentences better than banning guns, reader argues

“Assault weapon” is a propaganda term used by gun-phobic politicians, academics and journalists who don’t want to deal with crime realistically.
No weapon commits an assault, people do, using a variety of means, including knives and vehicles. Should those also be banned? Where does it end?
Confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens makes gun-phobes feel better but will do nothing to reduce crime. Passing harsher laws for violent crimes will.
Kenneth Lawrence, Surrey