To the editor:

If Rep. Elise Stefanik is so concerned about criminals on the streets, maybe she could do something about the plethora of guns everywhere. Do police still support gun controls? They used to support the ban on assault weapons.

“Stefanik’s husband, Matt Manda, is the public affairs manager for the firearm industry’s top trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Despite the sporty branding, NSSF does the bidding of hardcore gunmakers. Its board of governors includes the CEO of Daniel Defense, the gunmaker whose AR-15 was the massacre weapon in Uvalde, as well as executives from Smith & Wesson, Glock, Beretta, Sturm, Ruger & Co, and Hornady — maker of ammo it bills as “‘Accurate. Deadly. Dependable.’” (“Trump’s Favorite House Republican is Married to the Gun Lobby,” Rolling Stone magazine, June 8, 2022.)

Jennifer Zahn

Saranac Lake