European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 14 letters to the editor wednesday August 11,1993 thes Turo Ptan edition Cou of atm s. Morr maw Usa Bernard a. 70v1stoskitdmx news and editorial Bui Welkert f Etrat Cawby Reorg or to special Section Tel Row to write us unit 29-100 Apo a 09211 Orost Facell 1437 64278 Darmstadt Gormney news Tel fax of \ 55 60 1 4 1 6 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348 a plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. ?25. 269. 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jonos ext. 226. Business news ext 326. News bureaus me Deibero. Germany Joseph on room 117, Pamer. 104. P91� Newelt mfg car 419. Flo 1318. Aim3 at 09102, Telephone. Dan 370-7010 of Civ Iwami pr.v15321 team own 1ry39. . Germany Kevin Dougherty. John e Sci vow. Bum t 5 2899. 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To 46095. 5 Telephone 7w-c97-6695 business departments Cut Rittoper pm emm Jerne by oct customers a acc cd exc s Caz a kits i " l. Is. 5To 241 count me in Rush i  with interest some chuckling and much horror about the ongoing de Bate regarding the incorrect perceptions is. Realities of our fair country happens Tance eloquently dispensed by Rush Lim Baugh. The majority of misguided baby Boom ers who rant that holding tightly to the precepts of ditto  is Akin to viewing the grand Canyon and saying i believe this is a can of mushrooms be cause or. Limbaugh Sci sic so arc entirely missing the Point. The True Issue is that we Boomers threw the baby out with the Bath water when we chose to believe that since what s happen in now was More personally pleasurable and palatable to Pur Basic selfish souls obviously 190-Plusyears of refining and pain that our nation had experienced to Date was hopelessly irrelevant. We and our subsequent heirs have enshrined Shirley Marla inc Phil Donohuk and Oprah Winfrey As the new bastions of truth because they say what we want to hear. Now after the not so Golden 25 year since we were badgered to tune in turn on and drop out along comes someone who maintained regained a thoughtful and sound perspective of the Way things ought to be and we find our collective consciences yes Virginia Weall have one stabbed and bleeding be cause deep Down we know he s  in order to come to that conclusion one really docs have to think about what is being said. I be thought about it. If being classifieds a ditto head Means that i shall Wear the politically incorrect Marks of standing proudly for truth morals reasonable Man Justice a family with both mom and dad and a Strong Economy based on less government and More Enterprise count me in Rush and Send me a Ball  it la help me think even More  . Lindsay Naples Italy Power of life or death the message i got from control criminals july6 was that guns Don t kill people do. In Many aspects i agree How Ever there arc other sides to the privilege of owning firearms. The writer stated a gun is nothing More than an  that s True but consider the general population s mentality. People Are usually less inclined to act if they Don t possess or Nave easy Access to the necessary instruments. Because everybody in the unite states has the right to Bear arms Many people who we wish had never been a Leto can get their hands on a gun. Who s to judge who should or should not have such a deadly weapon consider freeway shootings a Little out of Date but relevant nonetheless How easy do you suppose it was for those  ple to Purchase a gun pretty easy i  about children who happen to find their parents gun and end up shooting other children because of an argument obviously the parents weren t responsible with their weapon therefore they should not have had one. As the number of people who own guns rises so does the number of people who use them. Hey Why not guns Are there they re convenient not hard to use and very effective. To some people guns Are not even weapons they Are toys very dangerous toys. The process of purchasing guns should t be so simple a task. There should be background checks and a reasonable line of questioning involved. Sometimes people go a Little crazy when they have so much Power in their hands. I think it s up to the government to make sure that the Power of life or death can not be Given to just anyone.  Heidelberg Germany. Living in fear the editorial commentary concerning gun control issues july 25 appears to rewritten from a reasonable standpoint. This facade crumbles however upon anything More than cursory examination. The author an avowed handgun owner and target shooter Calls for Compromise on gun control. He then goes on to de scribe As reasonable and sound a Banon High Caliper military assault Wear  m a military arms enthusiast and shoot an ar-15 for recreation. I find his stand contradictory. I suspect that he would deem unreasonable any attempt to ban his recreational weapon of Choice which is involved in far More deaths every year than the military style weapons i use. The author seems to support National Rifle association education and marksmanship activities. Apparently though he does not appreciate then a s lobbying efforts. When honest Law abiding americans come under attack from re election Mon Gering legislators pushing for a Quick fix to America s violent crime problem the Era Carf indeed become a fearsome political enemy. No holds Are barred in the Era s defense of its interpretation of the second amendment. More than 3 million americans would t have it any other Way. Then a s defense of its members interests is certainly no More vehement than that of the National organization for women the american civil liberties Union the National association for the Advance ment of coloured people or any number of homosexual lobby groups advancing their agendas. America docs indeed have a problem with guns. Violent career criminals who should be behind bars Are using them throb rape and kill tens of thousands of americans every year. Until these people who do kill  ple Are effectively dealt with through incarceration or rehabilitation we will continue to live in fear for our Homes and our lives. Sgt John r. Murphy Mogadishu Somalia i editor s note letters from readers expressing their View Points or opinions Are  on this Page. All tetters 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. Let ters should include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Commentary dismantling Reagan s idea of Prosperity by Alan Fram the democrats mass a deficit re Duclion Compro mis steers the government away t rom reaganomics. But it is Only a first s up toward taming the 19sos most  legaq.-. So High Federal deficits. Tweh years Aco this month president resin signed the heart of his budget revolution  by and promised that its huge tax cuts and spending reductions would oui Cut eliminate Federal red Ink. Instead the deficit grew astronomically As Mill tar  swelled. Bit x r hut Reagan Ictor then be would not be Here today dealing with 3 Bill like  rep. David obey wis., said before the House narrowly approved the Compromise Ere Ion of president Clin ton s plan. The Bill approved by the Senate replaces reason s huge tax Cut which disproportionately benefited the wealthy with tax boosts on Many of the same people. Clin ton wants to whittle Down the Pentagon s budget not enlarge it As Reagan did. Only Reagan s Call for spending cuts has been mimicked by the democrats. But Clinton rejects Reagan s philosophy that government must be shrunk and has built extra funds into the package for social  Grams and this is not the first Effort at Dis mantling Reagan s grand vision. His Republican successor. President Bush began shrinking the military budget when the cold War ended. The 1990 budget agreement Between Bush and congressional democrats looked a lot like Clinton s pack age taxes on the Rich a higher gasoline tax and cuts in defense and medicare. But this time the Effort bears Only the fingerprints of democrats who have their first Chance in a dozen years to reshape the government to their liking. Republicans were opposed be cause they said the package s tax increases would be devastating and Job kill  Back in 1980, when the deficit hit $74 billion the sheer magnitude of that num Ber handed Reagan a winning Issue in his Campaign against president Carter. A president Reagan promised that his tax cuts would bring Prosperity and end the deficits by 1984. But it never  1983, the Gap hit $208 billion and has grown sporadically Ever since to a record $290 billion last year. C the associated Presa