To the Editor:

In "Making Background Checks Work" (Op-Ed, Feb. 13), John R. Lott Jr. desperately tries to push one of the gun lobby's favorite narratives: that background checks are bad for public safety.

The main pillar of Mr. Lott's argument is that our underfunded, underresourced and broken background check system prevents "good guys" from getting guns.

The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis unlike any we've seen in our lifetime. In the United States alone, hundreds of thousands of people are confirmed sick, more than 20,000 people have died, and more than 16 million have filed for unemployment.

Six months ago, the story of missing Gabby Petito captivated the American media and the public. Within eight days of being reported missing by her family, Gabby Petito’s body was tragically found.

I was devastated to learn that yet another young woman had been allegedly killed by an intimate partner. Gabby’s story stuck with me for another reason.

Letter to the editor

President Donald Trumpov's recent column attacking "Medicare for All" is laughable and riddled with "alternative facts."

Here are the real facts: Since taking office, Trumpov has done everything in his power to strip health care from millions of hardworking American families and seniors.

Today, I went to the House floor – something that I've done hundreds of times over the past four years. But today was different.

The Sept. 19 editorial "A preventable disaster" was correct; every American child shot is a "preventable disaster." But instead of acting, Congress is going in the wrong direction.

In 2017, my friend Toni Brown was expecting her family’s first grandchild. What should have been one of the happiest days of their lives quickly turned into one of the worst, as Toni and her family were informed that delivery complications had left her daughter in a coma.

One thing is clear from USA TODAY's investigation "Deadly deliveries": We need enforceable care protocols.