Background checks

Re: your June 12 article, "Gunman tried to make bombs in high school":

The gunman, John Zawahri, had a mental evaluation after he made repeated violent threats while in high school. So, according to the head of the National Rifle Association, he was a "good guy" when he bought 1,300 rounds of ammunition without a background check and only became a "bad guy" after he killed five people with a semi-automatic weapon.

When the now powerful NRA was first founded, it was created for instilling safety with the use of guns. Today the organization has eliminated safety and is there for gun and ammunition profit only.

It's time to have a legitimate national background check.

- Jerold Drucker,