Which is more dangerous – a gun owner who uses the weapon responsibly and never hurts anyone, or a car driver who uses his vehicle irresponsibly and kills two people because he is drunk.

Both can kill and both can save a person’s life. It is not the weapon’s fault, but the use.

And yes, a car is a weapon when used irresponsibly. (A March 25 report about a fatal wreck in Seattle said the driver had multiple DUI arrests over the past few years.) Two people are dead.

Different laws apply to each weapon, but there are some parallels that need to be drawn. Before we over-control gun ownership, maybe we need to stiffen the penalty for drunken drivers. The laws need to punish those for irresponsible behavior, regardless of how a person is killed.

We need to keep any weapon out of the hands of irresponsible people, and when people kill, they need to be punished accordingly.

Larry Brickman, Bellevue