Readers React: Allentown’s mass shooting was only 'a matter of when’

Ten people were shot in a blink of an eye outside of an Allentown nightclub on June 21 with two AR-15s and a pistol. Allentown has unfortunately joined a very sad club. The Lehigh Valley now has its very own mass shooting with AR-15 assault-type rifles. It wasn’t a matter of if. It was a matter of when.Shame on you Pennsylvania legislators for failing to pass the expansion of background checks for all firearm sales, including the private sale of AR-15s.Shame on you Pennsylvania legislators who do not have the courage to stand up to the NRA lobby and demand an immediate end to the sale of assault-type rifles whose only purpose is to kill and maim people as quickly as you can pull the trigger.Pennsylvania citizens, please join an anti-gun violence advocacy group such as CeaseFirePA, Orange Wave for Gun Safety or Moms Demand Action/Everytown for Gun Safety to demand that our legislators earn their salaries and protect our families, children and neighbors from gun violence.Please call your state and federal legislators to demand action now.John MacKechnieHanover Township, Northampton CountyThe Morning Call encourages community dialogue on important issues. Submit a letter to the editor here or email letters@mcall.com.Follow @McallOpinion on Twitter and The Morning Call on Facebook.
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