European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18letters to the editor sunday june 5, 1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commit Dor pubs fib Oeh Nafle a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Aba her Noas editor Del Weihar european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Menea City editor to write us unit 29430 1 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64273 Darmstadt Germany news Tele fax 0615 5 601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 340-6 plus Extension As follows news ext 237, 255, 262,226, 326, sports ext. 225, 266, 263,332,321, 221. Features ext 230,245,341, letters to editor dirt 206, education a cml Jones. Ext. 226 business news ext 326, news bureaus Hejde Jerg Germany Josoph Owen room 117, a . 104, 6s126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1310, Apo a 09102 Tat Eption Dan 370-7010 or civilian p62 21-23421l4tefex 0622 t-2 7233. Kaiserslautern. 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The appearance o1 ,-Ert-s.nq in  , including Insina or so Prieme hrs does not tonsil Ulo endorsement by Hij  to defense of the Suhs and St pea of 11 u5 products m services  admiration a Day is near a and Here Speaks the very enemy. What am i the enemy feeling Reading every Day about the famous a Day first of All a High level of gratitude for the american soldiers coming from a secure Home to Europe and to be faced with death but there is something important you should not forget and what we germans never will forget after the Victory you put us a the former enemies a on our feet again. Think of the care parcels and the Berlin Airlift. To defeat the enemy Stu ave to help the enemy after the Victory and to win him As a partner and Friend that is honorable Noble and really divine. A Dieter Wilke Konigs Sce Germany a wives done to have rank your article a officer enlisted wives fret Over caste system dealt with perceptions that each group of women held about the other. There was one glaring quote in the article which really seemed to get to the heart of the matter. Brenda Meyers wife of an army specialist Felt slighted regarding some Volunteer work she had done for her husbands unit Elaine Rodriguez a lieutenant colonels wife said that mrs. Meyers feelings had to do a More with her youth than her  i would like to remind mrs. Rodriguez that unless mrs. Meyers is in the military herself she has no rank and by the Way neither does mrs. Rodriguez. Until women like mrs. Rodriguez let go of the notion that wives have rank it will be very difficult for the two groups of women to work together effectively for the Good of the unit and the Community. A Lorraine Donald Brussels Belgium saving one person in response to Ann Landers column in which Ann puts Forth the concept that a gun is not an effective Means of self defense in actuality a gun is a great modifier a 90-year-od woman can pull a trigger just As Well As a 20-Ycar-old Man. She mentioned the Long Island train massacre and the Lubye a cafeteria massacre saying that a a. I guarantee someone close did have a gun a in the Case of the Lubye a cafeteria massacre she was Correct. One Young woman did have a gun a but due to Texas restrictive concealed weapon policy she kept it in the Glove compartment. Her compliance with the Law forced her to watch her parents get shot before her eyes with no effective Means of Protection. It is quite apparent that Ann is unfamiliar with the research of Florida state University criminologist Gary Kleck. When his research began Kleck a Liberal Democrat and member of the american civil liberties Union amnesty International and so Forth was opposed to gun ownership. He changed his mind upon finding that handguns Are used by Good citizens to prevent crimes More than 2.1 million times per year. Now he keeps handguns in his own Home for his family a Protection. Lets consider a typical incident of gun self defense As reported in the san Angelo Texas Standard times March 27, 1991 a Young Mother awakened to find that a child molester who had broken into her House was attacking her daughter. When she tried to hold him for police he attacked her and she shot him dead. Anti gun advocates say that if confiscating All handguns would save one life it would be Worth it. T say that if it would prevent even one woman from defending herself and her child it  government that fails to protect its innocent citizens has a right to deprive them of the Means to defend themselves. A senior airman Alexsander Wakal in Morbach air station German your daily paper average Nur Monal information Peri gup calories 90 protein b Grams carbohydrate 11 Grams fat 1 Grams values received Mem us. Government stripes is Good for you i always knew that Reading the stars and stripes was a healthy activity. But now i know exactly How much. My Only question now is does a cup of humor have the same nutrition As a cup of news a col. I Randle shape Belgium editor s note the writer s letter included the illustration clipped from a milk  disinformation the letter a a Duck is a Duck May 20 is a textbook example of the disinformation the anti gunners arc spreading to further their cause. First no ar-15 lower receivers Are the same As m-l6 lower receivers. And he is right about having to Drill two holes but they must be located to a tolerance of plus or minus 0.0075 Inch or the conversion wont work. Also a total of six parts not two must be replaced to make a functioning full automatic ar-15. 1 wont name them so we wont have a rash of parts theft from unit arms room s. The fact is the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms is very strict about How easy it is to convert a weapon to fire fully automatic. For that reason you can no longer buy a semiautomatic firearm that fires from an open Bolt because of the ease of converting them to full automatic status a the infamous a just file the sear a and firearms that fire from the closed Bolt a All Semi autos on the Market today a Are doubly hard to convert to full automatic status because of their More Complex construction and the fact that Metal must be added not removed to convert them. The ar-15 is the Only exception in a aware of because of the precision work required in the conversion. Next there is no difference Between the .223 Remington and 5.56 nato except the nato round has a stronger Cartridge Case head and a different primer pocket. In fact nearly All .22 Cente fire cartridges the above two included use a .224-Inch diameter Bullet. The .223 is just a name. The Bullet used in a .223 Rem can be used in a 2 n Rem magnum a .220 Swift Etc. The damage done by the .223 round used far Varmint Hunting a invariably a hoi Low Point round designed to expand and made illegal for use in warfare by the Gene a cd mention a is much More severe to varmints at least than the full Metal jacket round used by the military designed to cause a clean wound rather than kill outright As any wound ballistics diagram can show. The 223 refh/5.56 nato was first and Foremost a Varmint round and is among the lowest powered Cente fire cartridges available. If they Are so Good at killing elephants then Why did the British use shoulder busting monsters like the .577 and 4-bore Rifle the a elephant guns a to take them out in the late 19th Century a sgt. Phil Smith Idar Obj Stcin Germany a a. Adult titles Bidden i take exception to the remarks of the Wiesbaden woman quoted in your May 17 article a a cafes official vows to limit adult  i manage the Wiesbaden a Bookstore previously managed the Lindsey air station Bookstore and worked at the Haine Berg shopping Center Bookstore. 1 in my three year association with the stars and stripes bookstores in the Wiesbaden area i have never known adult Reading titles to be openly displayed. At the air base Bookstore i have posted signs quoting stars and stripes policy on Reading or browsing through adult to ties while in the Bookstore. However there Are the few who ignore any posted signs and they Are politely asked to take notice of the policy. On the other hand i experienced an incident several months ago when a boy picked up an adult Reading title from the covered display rack and when i confronted the child his Mother standing Only a few feet away replied a the does no to know any better. He a Only 8 years  i wonder if we re talking about the same woman a Dean a. White Wiesbaden Germany a a slap in the face so now the army and air Force Exchange service is going to remove a adult magazines from the bookstores. This is a slap in the face to the Many consenting adults who enjoy having the Freedom to read any literature that they might choose. In overseas areas English language literature is limited. Adult items Are available on the Economy however some people like to read the text. Go into a Gas station downtown and notice that comic books occupy the same shelves As the adult items. Now How often do you hear about a rape in the local town maybe we could learn something from our Host nation. First the clothing sales then the class i now the bookstores. What a next cafes the commissary a James h. Arc hold Kaiserslautern Germany c editor s note 3 we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. 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