n Re: “In love with guns,” (page 8, Oct. 21) The passage of a bill to stop frivolous lawsuits against the gun industry was a monumental victory. While you claim that the politicians are more concerned about their standing with political organizations like the National Rifle Association over their constituents, you fail to see that the NRA is the constituency – four million members directly and nearly half the households in the U.S. indirectly, since half the households posses a gun legally.

This bill simply allows the gun industry to be treated like every other industry and eradicates any attempts to hold a manufacturer responsible for the illegal use of their product.

Is Budweiser responsible each time someone drinks too many Bud Lights, gets behind the wheel of a car and kills someone in a car accident?

It’s obvious that your hate for guns has adversely influenced your ability to think critically. For example, you state that this bill will encourage manufacturers to produce guns that are less safe. Huh? Like any other company, gun companies are going to produce guns according to their customers’ desires, and no private gun owner, soldier or law enforcement agent will want to fire a gun that is not safe to handle and store.

Finally, your last statement exemplifies those in this country that refuse to hold others accountable for their actions. How is the gun industry responsible for violence? Does the possession of a gun somehow turn a person into a criminal? The sophomoric logic is that if you take away the tool, you take away the crime. Criminals stop being criminals. Give me a break.

It’s true that guns don’t kill people; people kill people.

Just like cars don’t cause car accidents; people cause car accidents.

Jason Morin Atlanta