I find the author of Tuesday’s commentary (“Close loophole allowing assault rifles,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Feb. 20) hypocritical in that he supports taking away gun rights while at the same time claiming credibility as a former Army officer who presumably swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

If we agree with his logic for taking away Second Amendment rights, then why limit it to just firearms?

More people die as a result of motor vehicle incidents than by gun violence. Shouldn’t legislators then put stricter controls on the sales and registrations of deadly motor vehicles? Shouldn’t a medical and mental health background check and a two- week waiting period be mandatory for all purchasers of such deadly vehicles? After all, it’s for the sake of the keiki.

Ludicrous? Precisely.

Jon Chung

Manoa

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