While I might agree with George McLean that guns are not the problem (“Undefended schools are natural targets,’’ Letters, May 22), McLean demonstrates a typical myopia espoused by many supporters of the National Rifle Association. Schools are indeed a soft target, and if we defend them, does he think the problem of innocent people dying at the hands of disturbed teens will go away? What about other soft targets, such as shopping malls, nursing homes, county fairs, day care centers, and Little League baseball games? The list is endless.

We need to prevent teenage boys from gaining access to automatic weapons, and more important, we need to keep mentally disturbed people away from firearms of all kinds.

I have no problem with sane, law-abiding people owning guns, but I think it’s time to apply some sound logic and solve this problem once and for all.

Ray Magliozzi

Arlington