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Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Lor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patron. Letters to the editor a data used by gun control advocate is questioned a machine guns and the Era a i take offence not at Richard Cohen a right today what he thinks but at his poor editorial fact gathering skills. The staff of the stars and stripes should Check up on editorials in the name of responsible journalism. Cohen like so Many other journalists of Date did no research on the subject he wrote about. His first outright lie was that a the Federal govern. Rent contends that ownership of machine guns is  machine Gims have been and still Are Legal in the United states pursuant to the 1968 gun control act. Most civilians if their state Law allows May Purchase a machine gun after being fingerprinted backgrounds investigated having the gun federally registered and paying a $200 Transfer tax to the Federal government a a restrictive As it should be but not illegal. Further according to the Fri there is no evidence that a legally owned machine gun has been used in a crime. It is obvious that it would not be prudent to do so. Cohen a second Assumption is that gun control equates to crime control and that we need a National gun control Law. In reality after the enactment of 20,000 gun control Laws in the United states each promising to reduce crime a not one City not one state nor the nation has experienced a reduction in crime rates nor even a reduced rate of crime growth compared to its neighbouring cities and states without such Laws. In fact areas with lower Levels of private firearms ownership invariably have higher robbery rates. Criminals know their victims Are i Likely to have this Means to defend themselves. The . Justice department Wright Rossi Survey showed that 74 percent of felons agreed that a one reason burglars avoid houses when people Are at Home is that they fear being shot a not by police but by the gun owning citizenry. Third his statement a and handguns the real menace would become As rare As hens Teeth is unsupported by facts. If we outlawed All handguns criminals would not surrender their firearms. How then would a Law abiding citizen guarantee his right to protect his life and property against a criminal who brandishes a weapon. I believe in the Constitution and the Bill of rights. I believe in Freedom of speech Freedom of the press and the right of the people to keep and Bear arms. With All these rights come an implied responsibility one of which is to be truthful in what we say and do. A chief warrant officer 3 Robert l. Yates or. Goppinger Germany a game mentality of some prompts Soldier to write War is not a game. The death of fellow services Nib ers and service members of Allied countries Are very real a.  Quot ��.���. A a a a a a a a a a the feb. 3 edition of the stars and stripes upset me for several reasons. The headline �?ob-1 sitting out Gulf War but b-52 is key player makes the Gulf War sound As if it is just a game and All of the service members participating Are just pawns. Furthermore the headline a Marine gunners boast iraqi Armor was easy pickings is tasteless. It makes it sound As if iraqi people arc not human and their lives have no meaning. Finally in the article a iraqi ruse has . Troops fighting made the quote from army chaplain Bill Trudgeon a a they think we could have won hands Down if it had been a fair fight a makes Trudgeon sound like he is ignorant of the grave Ness of War. I know no one Ever wins a War a hands Down and there is not such a thing As a a a fair fight. I done to know much about War because in be never been in one and in a Only on my first assignment for the army. But i am a military journalist who has enough knowledge to know that a More critical approach is needed when writing news stories concerning something As serious As a War where our fellow service members Are giving up their lives to protect the entire free world from the madness of Saddam Hussein. A pvt. 2 Pamela d. Barnett Wurzburg Germany a an invitation for Arnett to end Baghdad broadcasts enough is enough. Its time for Peter Arnett to pack his bags and move on. His broadcasts from Baghdad obviously of questionable news value because of the extent of iraqi censorship arc serving As Ideal propaganda weapons for Saddam Hussein. Arnett a footage of the civilian victims of the War will go far toward arousing Public opinion a especially that of the Arab nations a against the United states. Can is gracious enough to indicate on screen that Arnett a broadcasts Are censored by the iraqi military the words however Are quickly forgotten. What remains Are images of bombed out Homes of innocent iraqi children dying in overcrowded hospitals. There is nothing inherently  with depicting such things. The american Public need not be shielded from the fact that War inevitably affects the innocent As Well As the combatants. But Arnett a broadcasts Lack balance. They focus almost exclusively on this the civilian a aspect of the bombing Campaign. What they done to convey is the extent of damage being inflicted on military targets and the surprisingly Low number of civilian casualties stemming from the Campaign to Date. Saddam Hussein is using an obliging can to present to the world a distorted picture of american conduct in the War. Arnett a antics Are Little More than a Case of iraqi propaganda masquerading As news. Pack it up Peter a. A a Kenneth g. Gain Augsburg Germany a Saddam s War tactics prompt warning to civilians i was quite anti War before Day 5 or so of the War when a sad damned started launching a a dumb missiles at Neutral innocent civilians depending on can to Forward observe. Can has provided much of their strategy but that a a different Story. Anyway if Israel retaliates we might have a a a War on civilians although i done to think  chairman Yasser Arafat would allow Saddam Hussein to sacrifice the lives of palestinians in such a suicidal manner. They could never match the .-backed israeli fury. J platoon members take Pride in Marine identification first we the marines of 1st platoon motor transport act combat service support act Iii Force service support group fwd would like to say we really enjoy your paper but there Are a few things that really irritate us. I am specifically referring to the article a Gray salutes 24,000 marines As they depart for Gulf  marines were referred to As a troops a a a soldiers and  we arc marines. Our wives Are not �?og1 wives they Are Marine wives. Soldiers and gis Are something common and in . A a. A a. A a a marines Are hand picked. We would appreciate it if we would be referred to As marines. A marines of 1st pit . Act operation desert storm pen pals i a it a a Serviceman stationed in saudi Arabia. 1 would like to hear from anyone interested in writ ing me spec Harold d Smith. C Battery 2/17 a. Apo new York 09657 i am 22 years old my interests include playing volleyball and table Tennis cooking and writing pen pals Maria Christina Waseral. Orgy. Epigenio Izates a. A Rahsay. Negros Occidental. 6115 Philippines a i am looking Tor pen pals in the armed forces. My hobbies include Watchung Rugby swimming playing Squash. Latin american dancing Caligoa Phy travel leading Cinema and theater and listen. Eng to live music. I ant 27 years old Mandy Bennett 59 Sackville Crescent. Harold Wood. Romford a Essex rm3 Oeh England i m 11 years old. I like new kids on the Block and Paula Abdul ,. Katherine Lamy a Motzbeck str 28 7630 Lehr. Germany a a a on the other hand Why expect Saddam to care his own people Are dying and his troops Are in a living hell. So if we do have such a conflict within this War at such an Early stage Well if we think terrorism is a threat in Germany now intensified Security is an understatement. A a sadism Hussein seems limitless with his diabolical fantasies. O a Jefferson Joy Wiesbaden Germany editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions will be published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference will be Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor. 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