Chuck’s Pitch to Students: No More Gun Loopholes
I find it laughable that Sen. Chuck Schumer called himself the NRA’s “Public Enemy No. 1” (“Chuck: We can beat NRA,” March 26).
When the Democrats held majorities in the House and Senate with a Democratic president, little was done about gun control. Where was Schumer then?
Since the Democrats did almost nothing, a strong case can be made that they should be held accountable. Ron Perri Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
For the first time in my life, I agree with Schumer.
We should establish a universal background check on gun purchases and close the loopholes for acquiring them.
No private citizen needs to own a military assault weapon of any kind. Period. And I’m a gun owner. K. Crisson Sayville
Schumer called himself the NRA’s “public enemy.” But was the Parkland school shooting the fault of the NRA or of the reluctance by Broward County’s school districts to report crimes — or both?
In 2013, the school board and the sheriff ’s office agreed on a new policy to discontinue police referrals for various infractions, ranging from drug use to assault.
School records show that the suspected Florida shooter displayed a long history of emotional and behavioral problems and a fixation on guns, wars and terrorists.
Florida social-services agents questioned Niko- las Cruz in 2016 and identified him as a “vulnerable adult due to mental illness,” including depression, autism and ADHD.
So how did he pass a background check and purchase an assault weapon? Sal Miciotta Brooklyn
Sen. Schumer and rallying students at March for Our Lives protests proposed several recommendations aimed at keeping undesirable individuals from purchasing firearms.
These recommendations would impact the legal purchase of firearms. While this might be politically expedient, these safeguards are only one side of the equation.
What’s not discussed is the availability of illegal firearms — a problem highlighted in weapons seizures that are often reported in The Post. John Gargiulo Whitestone