Add # 32 to 31 Bullets

I read the Sun- Times series “31 Bullets” on how to curb gun violence in America. While some of them are basic safety common- sense measures, # 12 Safe Storage, # 2 Child Locks, # 5 Universal Background Checks, etc., some are meaningless and would do nothing to PREVENT gun violence: # 28 Banning Large Capacity Magazines and # 29 Immunity for Gun Manufacturers.

But the Sun- Times omitted THE most important factor in trying to curb gun violence, especially the violence we see here on the streets of Chicago.

Let me suggest # 32 — Remove the perpetrators causing these senseless crimes through long mandatory prison sentences.

Until you remove the criminals who are pulling the trigger and causing the violence, all the other suggestions are band- aid solutions. Tony LaMantia, Logan Square