Don’t Demonize

To the Editor:

I in no way want to minimize the seriousness of any crime or any murder, but I object to the use of these crimes to demonize “illegals,” (the term used in last weeks letter. Numerous studies have shown immigrants, both legal and illegal, commit fewer crimes than native born Americans.

I know studies can be questioned, but if conservatives are really concerned about murders, what about some common sense gun control; e.g. outlawing assault type weapons. So far this year there have been 174 mass shooting resulting in 214 deaths. There are also about 20,000 gun murders a year. Five are listed in Parks Tilly’s letter. Any murder is too many, but shouldn’t the efforts be directed to the biggest problem, especially when there are some relatively simple solutions. Terry Hynous The Woodlands