Pinebrook Jerry Heck wrote in a guest editorial in the April 24-26 edition that: “Sadly, Joe Biden believes that ‘no amendment is absolute.’“ Actually, President Biden is on very strong ground here. No less a conservative stalwart than U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made it crystal clear in the District of Columbia v. Heller decision that the Second Amendment is not absolute. “(T)he right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. … (T)he right (is) not a right to keep and carry any weapons whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” To begin with, the crisis of death and injuries from gun violence must be addressed effectively at both the national and state levels. In Utah, the rate of gun deaths increased by almost 40% from 2008 to 2018. Mr. Heck offers no potential solutions to that horrific increase. These are real deaths. Real family tragedies. Yet the Utah Legislature seems bent on making Utah the most gun-friendly state in the Union regardless of the number of Utah lives that costs. Mr. Heck may be willing to pay that cost in human life, but we are not.