Is responsible gun ownership possible in today's America?

Re "Second Amendment has limits" (Letters, July 26); I believe in the Second Amendment, yet even as a longtime gun owner I feel that many people today should never own a gun and this is why. Gun ownership belongs to responsible and accountable citizens.

Let's be honest, our society has slipped badly in the last 50 years. The lack of integrity and common sense has gutted the public's trust. I doubt our forefathers could have envisioned the decay we live with today, but the Constitution tells me they knew we would have our hands full.

The state of this country's mental health is the issue here. The Second Amendment and the NRA protects the rights of folks who still have their feet on the ground. Do something respectful today, I would find that refreshing.

-- W.S. Westlake, Sacramento

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Is responsible gun ownership possible in today's America?