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Families gather and hug outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. – A teenage gunman killed 18 young children in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, in the deadliest US school shooting in years. The attack in Uvalde, Texas — a small community about an hour from the Mexican border — is the latest in a spree of deadly shootings in America, where horror at the cycle of gun violence has failed to spur action to end it. (Photo by allison dinner / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images) 
Re “Poway district must do more to protect students” (April 10): One issue the author fails to mention is the necessity of reducing gun violence through national legislation that limits access to killing machines like assault weapons and so-called ghost guns with no serial number. This was not the case when the Second Amendment was approved in 1791.
While it is true that many perpetrators of gun violence have mental issues, it is also true that other countries have people with mental health issues but nowhere near the numbers of those in our country with access to lethal weapons. It is appalling to consider that gun violence is the No. 1 cause of death of children in our country. Where is the outrage?
— Rosemary Johnston, San Diego
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