Thank you, The Bulletin, for your thoughtful editorial cartoons and the letters to the editor, which encourage calm, informed discussion of ways to make our schools, colleges, malls, workplaces, theaters, restaurants, civic centers and streets safer from assault rifles and large-capacity military magazines. I hope our readers and legislators engage in respectful, fact-based discussion and have the courage to withstand pressure from extremists.

Allan and Vercey Smyth

Prineville