Gunshot 'victims' fall into two distinct categories

While my Webster's New World Dictionary agrees with The Plain Dealer that culpability does not exclude one from being labeled a "victim," I still feel there is something inherently wrong in lumping together innocent gunshot victims, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with criminals who were shot while committing a crime ("Where do the guns come from?" Sunday). I think it minimizes and detracts from the idea that one should be responsible for the consequences of one's actions.

Rick Troha North Olmsted