The following letter was sent to the New York Times and Arizona Daily Star in varying forms to suit the paper to which it was sent:

In response to your front-page editorial on gun control, I would like to propose that the Times take a more proactive stance by:

• Recording on the front page on a daily basis the number killed the previous day by hand guns, including mass shooting (4 or more people killed or injured)
• Recording on a monthly/quarterly basis the number of killings by state by percentage of gun ownership in that state per 100,000 residents (choose a metric of your choice)
• Developing for each state a list of candidates that should not be supported (do not vote for) (party irrelevant) because of their position on gun control and publish it for state primaries and the national election

At the end of the day, serious action on gun control will only occur when citizens recognize the extent of the problem, and  candidates recognize that they will not be elected if they do not support some form of action.

Jim Coleman
Tucson, AZ