To the Editor:

Re “The Gun Lobby’s Latest Bizarre Crusade” (editorial, March 18):

It is a sign of our times that President Obama and the Senate Democrats are fearful of the National Rifle Association. I for one am sick and tired of the power and influence of the gun lobby.

I propose that people like me who deplore gun violence take our country back from the gun lovers. We can do that by using economic sanctions against states that allow the gun lobby to write the laws. How? By never moving to these states, by moving out of these states and by never vacationing in these states.

The gun lobby uses money to gets its way. It is time for decent people to use their money to defeat the gun lobby. We can do that one state at a time. If we can get most states to regulate guns vigorously, we will be able to regulate guns at the national level.

TIMOTHY BAL

Belle Mead, N.J., March 18, 2014