Letter: Dionne promotes agenda, fails to address gun control issue

Dionne seems more interested in promoting his political agenda than actually solving the problem.

Re: “On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong” (E.J. Dionne commentary, Eastbaytimes.com, Aug. 6)

E. J. Dionne tells us with absolute certainty that his side is the right one, saying: Mass shootings result from a lack of gun control and our president is speaking into the shooter’s ears.

Not that I claim that these aren’t potentially contributing factors, but Dionne seems more interested in promoting his political agenda than actually solving the problem.

Trump didn’t tell any of these shooters to pull any triggers, but it’s a good bet that plenty of others did. These shooters were deranged and needed things like mental health treatment at least as much as the things Dionne argued for.

Daniel Mauthe
Livermore

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