James Pritchett opposes legislation that would allow victims of gun violence to sue gun manufacturers (“Wrong to target gun manufacturers,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, June 16).

His thinking is that cars also kill people, but car manufacturers can’t be sued. However, cars are designed to get people from one place to another. Guns are designed to kill people.

There is an average of one mass shooting daily in our country. More than 30,000 people are killed by guns annually in the U.S., which has the highest rate of gun violence by far among all developed countries. Yet gun advocates oppose legislation that would change the status quo.

When a gun kills a person, the manufacturer is one of the responsible parties. Legislation that allows gun manufacturers to be sued is designed to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer places in which to live.

John Kawamoto

Kaimuki

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