Speak Up: Response to tough punishment for gun crime letter

“If you follow the news, you’ll know that we have the equivalent of mass shootings every week in major American cities, with hundreds hurt and many killed. These individual gun crimes don’t grab the headlines like the mass shootings do — but they should.”

• Mr. Ogorzalek left out a few people in his “lock them up” solution. How many years should these people get? Someone who buys and/or sells guns without following the current registration and background checks. Someone who doesn’t lock up their guns securely at home, so that young children can get their hands on them, or they can be easily stolen. Someone who buys guns for other people. If Mr. Orgozalek does a bit more research, many of the mass shootings are committed by “law-abiding” citizens, who don’t have a criminal record. How does he explain that? — Steve Caporiccio

Two students injured in shooting at Delaware State University

Two students were injured in a shooting at Delaware State University on Sept. 3, the university said in a press release. The students were taken to the hospital for treatment for their injuries, the statement said.

• This school shooting has had very little media coverage, and it’s certainly in the best interests of the university to keep this as muffled as possible. That’s probably not good for students, but that is the way things are done around these parts. All of the gun-control measures signed by Markell and now by Carney, while infringing on every law-abiding citizen of Delaware, have done little to stop the violent activities of a relatively few sociopaths committing these hateful acts. Hopefully, DSU and the Delaware justice system will actually find and prosecute the offender(s) in this case. But if the prior school shooting mistakes made at DelState are any indication of the university’s and state’s resolve in stopping these acts, I feel nobody responsible will be held accountable. DelState, a reminder: Your president and faculty and your student body should never forget 17-year-old Shalita Middleton, gunned down on your campus in 2007. A young life taken with nobody held accountable. — Robert Hartman