Some Good News About Junk Guns
* I greatly appreciated Jerry Hicks’ Oct. 14 column, “O.C. Gun Maker Bryco Caught in Firing Range,” to update us on the latest happenings in the junk gun business.
It was saddening to read that a Bryco .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun, made in Orange County, reportedly was used by a white supremacist to kill an innocent person in Illinois.
But how encouraging to learn about 10 to 20 cities filing lawsuits against various gun makers to recoup some of the costs of gun violence and associated deaths. Clearly, there is no reason for taxpayers to bear all the costs while the gun industry takes all the profits.
The public will benefit too by knowing about the interwoven structure of the Saturday night special companies that thrived in the L.A. Basin and will be alerted to their businesses and future plans.
We should all be thankful to Gov. Gray Davis for supporting and recently signing the junk gun bill, which will significantly reduce the number of these weapons. It should make it safer for all citizens.
J. MILLER
Tustin
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