State fails to keep guns,

ammo out of California

Re: “State struggles to keep illegal guns, ammunition from crossing border” (Page B9, Oct. 27):

I’m a gun owner. My oldest gun was made in 1917. My newest gun was made in 1943. I’ve been a hunter since I was a teenager.

I’m a teacher, a licensed gun collector and a member of the American Legion. I am not what one would call a lawbreaker. But in the Oct. 27 Mercury News, I read about California investigators in Nevada spying on Californians at gun shows.

Maybe it’s because I’ve read too much John Locke and Patrick Henry, but I think theseactions have more in common with Stalin than Washington. If the state’s goal was to keep guns and ammo out of California, it has failed.

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Matt Karnes

San Jose

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