They’re not the same

In his letter Oct. 27, Mark Dague showed how much he is indoctrinated into the Republican death cult. He compared weapons (guns) to tools, and asked why we don’t blame the car for a drunk-driving incident and other utterly stupid fallacies.

OK, let’s take it back to kindergarten. The definition of car is a road vehicle used to transport people or freight. The definition of a gun is a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets issue. They are completely different and used for completely different things. Can you ride a gun into town to pick up groceries? No, you cannot. Before I move on to his question about mental health, I say this: If guns are just tools and tools should not be restricted due to this, why do we ban bombs? They are, after all, just tools.

As for the mental health issue, he has a point but fails to realize that is what gun control is about. We need mental health and background checks on guns, thus restricting them from every nutjob that wants to buy one. But far too many people in Congress

think democracy falls when someone has to ask the guy buying an AR-15 out of his truck if he’s crazy. And no one is trying to take all the guns. Just ban high-powered assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. If you really need an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine or higher to defend your house, you need to leave the area. DANIEL GIPSON Cherokee Village