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In reply to the letter written by Bill Corcoran, (Voice, May 20):

A handgun is simply a piece of machined metal, nothing more. It is inert; it has no volition. It can not load, aim or fire itself. It takes a human being to make it work, and to make the argument that the handgun itself is the problem is simply inane.

The problem: the proliferation of criminals and the lack of will on the part of elected officials to address it.