European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes wednesday november 27,1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Aba her Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manes sports editor special sections editor to write us Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225,269, 263, 332,321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3428859 or Amman 0471-88782. 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I strongly feel that action should be taken to keep violence out of the neighbourhood. I believe that such action from the youth is caused by violent scenes on the movie screen. Movies such As new Jack City and colors tend to stimulate a reaction within gangs. Its scary because one j Day it could be my children. It does no to matter How much Money the movie would make it is just filled with corruption. These movies should be censored for it is a major source of corruption within our neighbourhood a a children. If not there should be a higher age restriction such As a rated. A Nick Diaz Ettlinger Germany a a make your Money count. If you want your Charity Dollar to do some Good give it directly to an organization you like that uses it for direct support of needy people. Although Many Csc combined fed eral Campaign recipients Are legitimate efficient and helpful organizations the Rolls of the Csc Are cluttered with far too Many who Are not and it is these who get the Lions share of the Money. Many Csc recipients maintain bloated administrative staffs having directors with six figure incomes while unpaid volunteers go out and do All the hard work. And if that a not enough government agencies give the Csc Mil ions of dollars in indirect subsidies by using taxpayer Money to conduct the fund raising drives. To Worsen matters in the 1970s political action groups crept into the Csc. These people spent not a cent on helping sick or needy people but used the Csc Money to further political agendas usually though the . Courts where they spend most of their time suing the government. Indeed at least one organization carefully earmarks the Csc Money to use on lawsuits against the military. Despite Well intentioned efforts by the e government All the Csc succeeded in be oing was inviting right Wing political action groups to join the left Wing political action groups Swilling at the Csc trough. If you want to be charitable go out and give your time to a group. If you want to give Money give it directly to an organization you Admire. A Michael Corum Wiesbaden Germany hundreds if not thousands. There would be so Many More individual and mass shootings occurring every Day resulting from heated arguments traffic accidents perceived insults Job firing Etc. Suddenly everyone is a squeeze away from being a potential killer and you would always be looking Over your shoulder with your own Finger on the trigger. Would you really feel safer with a gun knowing that everyone else around you also had one it  do you much Good if you were outnumbered or someone had the drop on you. In be always Felt Safe without a gun because i know most other people Arentt carrying one either. I Pray it stays that Way. There Are Way too Many Hothead delinquents and borderline personalities in modern american society to even consider making guns More prevalent. If anything we should limit the amount of handgun ammunition one can own at any time to just enough for legitimate self defense purposes. But i suppose that would be violated George Hennard a constitutional rights. A Daniel Pon Bobingen Germany editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Apo a 09211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo a 09211. F letters to the editor Are not the weapons that were used in the attack. I suppose that in the writers View the anti firearms advocates Are also responsible for or. Hennard driving his pickup into the Glass window accounting for the first death of his ram Page. Law abiding citizens should have the right to Purchase firearms for their own purposes provided that they enrol in and pass a firearms safety course. But do not Tell me that you wish to Purchase an ak-47 or Uzi for Hunting Yos might As Well use a Claymore mine but i done to think that they Are available i Hope to the general Public. A Hans Werner Egerland bad Kreuz Nach German another writer fires Back As a frequent Reader of the letters to the editor Section of the stars and stripes every Day i read letters on a variety of subjects. Some make me think some make me wonder. But none have shown me More Lack of thought and understanding than a victims needed guns. Yes it is a tragedy As All senseless death is and i extend my condolences to the families of the victims of the shootings in Killeen Texas. But the writer asks a Why did no to anyone fire Back let me ask you when you go to a restaurant do you take a weapon with the understanding that you might have to defend yourself from table no. 5? Mon the second amendment does give the right to Bear arms but Over the salad bar at Lubye show Manv Mara a a then what Hunters i wish to comment regarding the  and anti Hunting discussion currently taking place on the letters to the editor Page of the stars and stripes. Wildlife contraception in its infant stages is being tried As an alternative and humane method of managing wildlife overpopulation. As the contraceptive programs move Forward and advances in the technology take place it will become possible to control Deer As Well As other animals within conservation limits. When the Day arrives that it is no longer necessary for Deer Hunters to spend so much preparatory time and Effort for the Hunt As Well As Money for weapons for the ostensible reason of culling the Herd for the a Benefit of the animals a it will be interesting to learn their reasons to continue to Hunt and kill. A Rita Roe Bartlett Pitburg a Germany a a a repayment from Japan dec. 7 is just around the Corner. I know what happened in China and Korea before Wii. I know what happened in the Pacific and China Burma India theater during Wii but i wonder what happened to the americans who were living working in Japan at the beginning of Wii. Isnit it strange that a a our state department has never asked i recommend that our Congress pass a measure asking the prime minister of Japan to Lay a Wreath at Pearl Harbor this Comine dec. 7 or next aug. 6. This measure should also include a request that Japan repay All monies paid out by the . Government for pow disability military pay while held As a pow by Japan death gratuities insurance paid to survivors of pos and survivor Benefit payments to families of  guns More trouble recently a couple of letter writers have used the shooting massacre in Killeen Texas As an excuse to Call for increased gun ownership among the masses. Not Only that they would also like to see people carrying guns wherever they go ostensibly to Stop the hordes of mass killers roaming out there. Perhaps the body count in Killeen would be been somewhat less if someone had returned fire in this one bizarre instance. But if everyone on the streets were armed i think the total death toll annually from guns would increase by How Many More people would have been wounded or killed had someone returned fire Twenty 10, five one i duo a Ning had this person who fights Back received shooting tin cans out Back with a buddy How would this person react in a stress filled situation unless you have been there on the ground you cannot judge How others should react As my platoon sergeant says. F in As for anti fire Arm advocates a getting their Way Short of disarming Amer Cathe total surrender of the american citizen to crime is not their object. Their object is to prevent the importation and subsequent Sale of cheap handguns . A saturday night Soe c a to the country. Ironically the see sex service members expect to be paid for our pain suffering wounds displacement broken Homes broken lives by the japanese government a who started this. . 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