Letter: We ban infant beds but not assault weapons

I found the national news’ juxtaposition earlier this week of the consumer warning regarding a defective infant bed and the president’s unwillingness to consider an assault weapon ban unsettling and hypocritical.Our government regularly issues warnings and recalls when products cause death or serious injury. Why can’t we expect a similar response when firearms, weapons of mass destruction, are used to kill dozens of people?We need better background checks to identify those who