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A recent letter pleaded for legislative action to ban the weapons of war (Its guns, and we must fix the problem, April 5, TribLIVE), while another wanted to make things more difficult on the criminals (We must make it more difficult for criminals to get guns, April 3, TribLIVE). Neither writer presented a cogent argument to achieve their objective without violating the Second Amendment. Yeah, that pesky Second Amendment.

The second writer even opined: Americans lost the privilege of owning an AR a long time ago, equating lawful gun owners with criminals.

Criminals have little fear of our current judicial system. They know they will rarely see the inside of a courtroom and have to answer for their crime.

Heres what could be done to put the fear of our judicial system into the minds of the criminals, without violating the rights of lawful gun owners:

Enforce existing gun laws. Duh!

Dont allow plea bargaining on a crime involving a gun.

Try and imprison anyone guilty of using a gun to commit a crime within one year of their arrest, with no early release or parole.

Try and imprison or execute anyone guilty of killing someone using a gun during the commission of a crime within two years of their arrest. One year for the trial and one year for appeals, if necessary.

The lawyers and judges wont like this because they will actually have to do their job in a timely manner. To that I say, manage your dockets and give priority to these type of cases. Or get more judges. We have enough lawyers.

Ralph Dunsworth

Oviedo, Fla.

The writer is a former Murrysville resident.

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