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■ 05 May 2007 | 8:00 AM

Guns and drugs?

Did I read Jacob Hornberger’s op-ed piece (“Gun control: It doesn’t work,” April 22) correctly when he suggested that gun ownership has been largely criminalized as more laws are passed, just as the “peaceful” consumption of drugs has been criminalized by government interference? That’s exactly what we need: complete deregulation of guns and drugs, with gun owners under the influence of cocaine or PCP. I’m sure they can regulate themselves and prove to be vigilantes of justice.

There is a time and a place for everything, Mr. Hornberger. In the future, don’t use the graves of 32 lives to further a political agenda.

Jason Boling

Tech alumnus

Chesapeake

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