To the editor: Eric Trump has said, “How many more rifles are going to be within range of killing my father?” (“Second Assassination Attempt on Ex-President Trump Raises New Questions,” Sept. 15).
Doesn't this also apply to all the other senseless murders that are being committed in our country? Children, teenagers, concert-goers, people in church, tourists, shoppers… no one is safe anywhere where people can easily purchase assault weapons.
Our elected officials, who can change laws to keep our country and its people safe, turn a blind eye to the slaughter of innocents. Let us hope that the latest attempt on former President Trump's life will open their eyes and spur them to action.
Let's make America safe again.
Carmela Elsley, Thousand Oaks
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To the editor: The Secret Service is reportedly having trouble providing adequate protection for Trump at his own golf courses. It has warned him that parts of his courses are visible from public streets and sidewalks.
So the public must pay for additional protection. The simple solution is for Trump not to play on his own properties when he is in the public eye. He could play on more secluded golf courses or military camps.
But if he insists on playing on a course that the Secret Service warns is difficult to protect, let this billionaire cover the cost of his own protection while he plays golf.
Robert Schechter, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Some Trump supporters say Democrats have put the former president at risk by calling him a danger to democracy. But MAGA supporters have been denouncing a stolen election and unproven voter fraud for years. This has led to threats against election workers.
So it's not okay for Trump to be in danger, but it's okay for volunteers and working-class Americans to receive death threats?
Marty Friedman, Manhattan Beach
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To the editor: The claim that Trump is a “danger to democracy” is not an alarmist prediction about what might happen if he is re-elected, but an objective description of what he has already done over the past four years and more.
His continued lies about the results of the 2020 election have convinced millions of Americans that they cannot trust our electoral processes, severely damaging our democracy and giving comfort to our authoritarian adversaries around the world.
John Miller, Irvine
