Guns on campus are scientists’ concern

I disagree with the two letters in the June 2017 issue (page 15) whose writers opined that the issue of guns on campus is not sufficiently physics-related to merit coverage in Physics Today (July 2016, page 26). Many physicists work on college campuses, guns are a form of technology for which scientists should take some responsibility, and today’s interconnected world demands that scientists pay attention to a broad range of societal issues. I’m sure America’s gun lobby would love it if scientists remained silent, but all of us need to speak up about guns on campus. Thanks for the article.