REGULATE READING, TOO

My thanks go out to Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis, her attorneys and
the numerous groups that led the battle to defend the First Amendment and
to the Supreme Court for recognizing that both the United States and
Colorado constitutions protect the right of the general public to purchase
books anonymously without governmental interference ("Tattered Cover wins
ruling," April 9).

Will these same groups now take on the defense of the Second Amendment with
the same conviction? Somehow I do not think they will, so this is what I
propose:

A person must be a certain age to purchase any book that deals with the
making of illegal drugs, bombs or any device that can inflict injury or
death to oneself of others. They must also pass an instant background
check. These books could not be carried in public without a permit, as they
might fall into the wrong hands causing additional crime.

If this would save only one life, wouldn't it be worth it?

Alan Corporon

Littleton