Hotheads with guns

Sir, – In reference to “Security guard guns down father-daughter lawyers in Jerusalem office building” (July 24), as long as the ministers of public security and the interior do not replace the live firearms carried by security personnel with armaments that indispose rather than kill (e.g., stun guns), the killings will continue.

There are too many hotheads in this country who pull guns in the heat of the moment. This is similar to the chronic problem of dangerous knives that kill dozens every year and wound hundreds. (The police have yet to get the legal authority to act against those carrying dangerous knives.)

There are very few security assignments that require the possibility of live fire. A massive recall of all firearms is urgently needed.

Readers might recall that several months ago Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch promised this would happen (“State vows to curb private gun ownership,” May 22). But it has not. Here’s another urgent job for him. DAVID GOSHEN

Kiryat Ono to the Beduin? What percentage of the population in that area do you foresee will be Jewish? JAN SOKOLOVSKY

Jerusalem impossible demands that must be agreed upon before any real negotiations take place? How many more wars and acts of terror will it take to finally end it?

It’s a good situation for the rejectionists on both sides, not for the hopes and dreams of us all. B. WEINSTEIN

Netanya