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Staten Island: Republican politicians often say guns in America should be more readily available to the average citizen for them to defend themselves against mass shooters. The GOP and its supporters claim that if a teacher or administrator, a clerk in a supermarket or even a pastor at church had a gun, the shooter may not have succeeded in killing as many people as he or she did. I’m still waiting to see that happen in sufficient numbers.

Manhattan: Re “SoHo/NoHo and NYC must evolve” (op-ed, May 3): Kenneth A. Lewis falsely claims that the opponents of the mayor’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan are fighting for no change and the status quo, and oppose affordable housing.