Whose cry of ‘enough is enough’ should carry more weight — gun owners or victims of gun violence?

State Sen. Donald DeWitte’s op-ed on the refusal of sheriffs to enforce assault weapons laws has so many gaping holes, it is as if it has had such a weapon turned on itself.

Where to begin? DeWitte writes, “Unfortunately, it’s the men and women of law enforcement and law-abiding citizens who find themselves in the path of destruction.” Say what? A more jaw-dropping tone-deaf statement would be hard to fathom.

No, senator, the true victims in “the path of destruction” are not gun owners, but the innocent kids who have had their lives cut short because of the easy availability of weapons meant for battlefields — powerful enough to take down elephants — to anyone of legal age with money to plunk on a counter.

DeWitte goes on “… individuals who have done nothing other than go through the FOID card and background check process and legally purchase a firearm … now, under the new law, must register those legally purchased weapons.”

Well, boo hoo. How horrible to have to register your gun as you would an automobile.

As for jaw-dropping statements, due to space constraints, I have saved the best for last. DeWitte, again: “The extremism in Springfield has reached a point where law enforcement personnel and law-abiding citizens are standing up and saying, ‘Enough is enough. No more.’” Say what, again? Where have I heard that cry before?

Oh yes — from the tear-choked throats of those who have lost precious loved ones because of our nation’s sick love affair with guns.

I ask you, senator — I ask everyone: Whose cry in the night of “enough is enough” should carry more weight? Those who feel their 2nd Amendment rights are being trampled upon —and for the last time, nobody is coming for your precious guns — or those who love children more?

Rob Hirsh, West Ridge