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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Beach bacteria thresholds may tighten ... Our View: Who politicized the UCC shootings? Not Obama ... View from 100,000 feet ... Beach bacteria thresholds may tighten ... Our View: Who politicized the UCC shootings? Not Obama ... View from 100,000 feet ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, Oct. 8 MailTribune.com Writer Posted Oct. 8, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted Oct. 8, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Too close to home With the shooting of 16 students at Umpqua Community College, mass shootings have come too close to home. America has become a bloodbath and the killings happen so frequently it is becoming increasingly hard to keep the killers and victims straight. Once we knew them all by names and locations, but it was the mowing down of 20 children in their classroom at Sandy Hook that stood out clearly in our memories. Something should have been done then, but what we heard was the lame mantra, “guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. While 90 percent of us want sensible control over who may own an assault weapon, it is the gun lobby of the 10 percent that holds sway over Congress. Republican candidates are playing straight to conservative fears of a national registry, resulting in a mass confiscation. What we truly have to fear is that we become apathetic to mass killings and don’t notice them at all. President Obama expressed the same fear, that mass killings have become routine. How long will it take before the next copycat killer takes aim at other victims and will the nation still remember those nine students killed in Roseburg? Kathy Svendsen Grants Pass Greed is terrible Wow! The pills in the paper on Oct. 4. We have some pretty expensive medications, but this is ridiculous. I don't think our country needs to worry about the terrorists, as we have the pharmaceutical companies trying to kill us off. Between the pharmaceutical companies and the insurance companies we are in trouble. It's so hard to believe as an American what our own county is trying to do to us. Greed is a terrible thing. Judy Westcott Talent Maybe then ... I know the circumstances in which a majority of the American public would support “real gun control.” It’s the ninth inning of the World Series and the games are tied three and three. A 30-game winner is pitching and a .400 hitter is batting with two outs in the back of the night. The batter has a 3-2 count. When the pitcher winds up with the final pitch, a maniac runs out on the field and shoots the pitcher and the batter. Second scenario: It’s the Super Bowl with one minute to go, the score is tied, the favorite team has a receiver wide open in the end zone, the quarterback has time to throw, he winds up to throw and a maniac runs out on the field and shoots him. Maybe then something might be done. Frank Hieber Phoenix Moral compass is broken Advocating for more gun control is like putting a bandage on a broken arm. Unfortunately, in today’s society, that broken arm is our moral compass. This compass is given to us by God, who also gives us the free will to make moral and ethical choices. We, as individuals and as a nation, must regain our moral setting. It is sad that we can no longer look to our elected leadership for that guidance. As a body it has lost its ability to look to God for guidance. Many have forgotten that God was the center of the thought processes and decisions of our founding fathers. They sought God in the hope that what they said and did was of his will, by his grace and to his glory, through his power, strength, wisdom, justice, and mercy. I pray that as a nation we look to God for his guidance in resetting our moral compass instead of looking to legislation and litigation, which only puts a bandage on a broken arm. Our leadership is a reflection of us. If we don’t like what we see in the mirror we need to look to God for guidance to realize change. Randy White Gold Hill MailTribune.com Writer Posted Oct. 8, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Comment or view comments Terms of Service /* $( document ).ready(function() { // Jquery mobile is trying to style the button and leaving a blank gry button on top of a white button $("#viafouracoms .vf-comment-controls li.vf-right").html(' Submit '); });*/ » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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