Your publishing of the editorial cartoon “Wrong Direction” suggesting that a firearm be used to resolve dissatisfaction with a candidate’s views or performance is akin to shouting fire in a crowded theater.

We are experiencing an epidemic of gun violence in this country. Gabrielle Gifford’s attempted assassination left six people dead and 14 wounded.

Just today a shooting in an Aurora Colorado movie theatre killed 12 people and injured as many as 50 persons.

I am for free speech but your editors have a responsibility to edit. You failed miserably in this case.

David Maehren, Kirkland