To many rural Americans, guns aren’t considered a threat: #tellusatoday

Letters to the editor:

A lot of ink has been spilled over gun control. Many are treating it as a one-size-fits-all issue. It isn’t.

In 2012, the GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney won 77.9% of all U.S. counties. The mostly rural 77.9%-ers don’t consider the guns in their homes and county as something to be used to kill people with, hence gun control is DOA to them.

While the 77.9%-ers didn’t elect Mitt president, they elected enough members to Congress to stop any gun control legislation. Get over it!

John Gound; Leawood, Kan.

So Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, along with other Republicans, denounce President Obama’s address. They have so many supposed solutions except for the most obvious one: Ban all assault weapons and tighten background checks for gun purchases. It might also be prudent to keep those on the “no fly” list from purchasing guns. However, these politicians are controlled by the National Rifle Association and continue to put the American public at risk.

Rita Sherr; Delray Beach, Fla.

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We asked what followers thought about the Supreme Court refusing to hear a challenge to a city’s ban on assault weapons. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

I think the Supreme Court is right on for a change! Support gun control.

— @cykelly1718

If escalation of terrorism continues, I will hope someone nearby has semiautomatic weapons.

— @richbro22

It’s absurd not to address it, either way. What is legal in the vast majority of states is felony-worthy in a small minority of them.

— @DefinitelyMike

Criminals and terrorists will always have guns, even if the rest of us don’t. My handgun is a semiautomatic.

— @weirdpolitics88

With all the overblown gun rhetoric, the court decided to inject some reason into the debate.

— @fritzV7

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