To the Editor:

Re “A Lost Job, a Chaotic Chase and a Shooting Spree That Killed 7 in West Texas” (news article, Sept. 2):

In 2012 , when I was 12, Sandy Hook had the entire nation plastered to their televisions for hours. Now, we receive almost daily notifications of mass shootings. We take a moment to grieve, then move along with our day, accepting that this is what the world has come to. Parkland. Vegas. Odessa. Tomorrow will surely bring another.

I was raised in a generation that prepared more for mass shootings in schools than fires. Our hearts can break and our leaders may pray, but it is clear that these prayers are not being heard. Inaction is never the solution for any issue, especially one that is taking the lives of Americans daily.

I am 18 now and simply frustrated by our nation’s broken leadership.

Noah Batease

Gloversville, N.Y.

To the Editor:

As a gun owner, a life member of the N.R.A. and author of scores of articles on shooting and a few books on hunting, I’m responsible in part for the weekend’s heinous mass murders and maiming in Texas. It’s up to us gun owners to ensure that the sports we enjoy bring no harm to others.

What to do? Everybody has an idea. Some are feasible — enhanced school security, universal background checks, improved mental health screening and appropriate sharing of records. Some are much less so — repealing the Second Amendment, eliminating all assault-style weapons, banning high-capacity magazines. Resolving gun violence will not happen without determined and bipartisan action and money.