Guns for lunatics

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Re "Hatch, Lee help defeat 'centerpiece' gun-control legislation" (Tribune, April 18):

Due to the obstructionism and the votes of our senators, any felon or lunatic can walk into a gun show and purchase all the ammo and guns he desires from a private dealer — even semiautomatics with oversize magazines.

What could possibly go wrong?

James R. Despain

Salt Lake City