Dear Editor:
Re: Proposed gun control, laws.
Here are the facts:

In Canada there are one million |

handguns (restricted) and five mil-

lion rifles and shotguns (unrestrict- ”

ed). Think of the cost to register,

’ assess,and control six million items

_iytrom millions of people. Think of

” the paperwork, in quadruplicate,
this would invalve.

In 1989; of the 657 murders in:
».. Canada, one-third were committed |

using guns and lwo-thirds involved
knives, hammers.and miscellancous

items, which are‘not controiled. Of »

+ thesone-third ‘of all:homicides
_ whichi invelved a gun.(219 cases)
“only 30%, or 66, were committed

using handguns which are. restrict-

| eds 70%, or 147; involved unre-
_ Siricted riffes and shatguns.

~The owners of the six million -

of as

Dear Editor: ls
T enjoyed Bob Hunter’s “May 15
column about Albert Einstein: but |

‘fake issue with his remark that, “He _

guns comniitted one-third of the
killings in Canada. Two hundred
and twenty guos were used irre-
sponsibly out of six million — or
one gun out of every 27,700.

With such a small fraction of
guns used irresponsibly, it is easy
to see how the deranged can fall
through the cracks and obtain a gun

regardless of controls.

Gun control advocates should
advise us.on the cost oftheir solu-
lions, the Joss of personal freedom
involved, and the time and effort by

the police lo administer these nev, ,

restrictions, Perhaps regulations,

* which allow unbalanced people to

acquire guns, arc more to blame.
Why doesn’t the gun control

‘lobby seek tremendous penalties for’

those who carry or possess guns

‘where not allowed? Handguns must

be kept in one’s home or transport-

”, Was, by the accounts I’ ve read, quite a |

~.@'religious man, in the! sense’ that he
i thought about, God a lot.”
ee | ‘would hardly think that orie can
bea ‘Feligious person just by. think-
ing about God a lot! 2".

Surely, even many athletes would. :
oll ‘over:dead at.this statement;

knowing: full well how: many ycars

of;théir life they spent thinking ..
bout God; before they arrived at:

heir present, conclusions. ;;

In the book Living. Philosophies, :
instein said,:“*The most, beautiful :
thing we can experience is the mys-.

erious. ‘Ttis the; source of all true ang

who can no longer

‘0 wonder. and stand rapt'in’

“The insight into the’ sites

life, coupled. though it bé. with" fear aa

as also given rise to religion. ~.
“To know that what.is impene-

trable to: us! really exists,- ‘manifest.
ing itself as the highest wisdom and: |
-the ‘most radiant beauty which cur .: }

dull faculties can comprehend only.’

in their most'primitive forms — this , q

‘nowledge, ‘this: feeling, is at the

centre of true religiousness. be

“in this sense, and inthis sense’

yj belong inthe ranks of Jo...

: ‘devoutly. religious men: I cannot
_.imagine‘a God who. rewards and

punishes the objects of his creation. .

~. Neither, can I believe.that the indi-

vidual survives:the death of his.

“body, although feeble souls harbor

such: thoughts. through. fear: OF, |

'  tidiculous egotism

.. “[ttis enough for, mé to ‘contem- os

as plate the Mystery of conscious life.
- perpetuating. itself. through all eter- .

nity; to, reflect upon the marvelous .

- structure of the universe which we.

ean dimly ‘perceive, and to try

humbly: to‘comprehend even an

infinitesimal part of the intelligence
manifested i in nature.” 7°:

: Einstein certainly didn’t demand

the’ answers to life’s mysteries, and

' like: many of-his ilk, he came to

these conclusions through much

thought, study and exposure to orga-

nized religion; he could hardly be

perceived as a religious person in-

the common meaning of the word. -
Beverly Holman Oswald
West Vancouver

ed directly 0 and from a sanctioned
mect, :

Why not seek mandatory jail
terms for those possessing hand-
guns where they are not allowed?
Anyone using any gun against a
human by aiming, wounding,
killing or threatening, should have a
sizable mandatory jail deterrent
quite apart from his sentence for the
effect of the gun’s use. The big
question is: if the one-third of all

killers who used guns were not able

to get them, how many would have
killed by other means?

Also, if we are so:concerned
about killing by guns, why: do we
allow convicted killers free after
about three years?

Methinks this is what the control
advocates should be talking about.
Neil Thompson - !

West Vancouver

N. Van high school
students applauded

Dear Editor:

We would like to extend our
congratulations to the students of
St. Thomas Aquinas high school
for their marvelous presentation
of Rodgers and Hammersicin’s
Carousel performed at
Centennial ‘Theatre,

To the actors playing. their
roles so passionately, to the stage

crew working so efficiently, to’
the band playing so superbly:
you came together (o present this -
Broadway musical in a mature .
and professional manner.

Be proud,

You are all witiners!

Craig and. Ruth Goodmurphy :
North Vancouver a

Bridge should toll for all

Dear Editer: | :
Re: the proposed replacement of
the Lions Gate Bridge. Am I the

only one who is’ ‘questioning the ©
possibility of this. being a toll.

bridge? |

Since all other: toads, bridges,

ferries and transitiin the: Lower
Mainland are subsidized, why are

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we on the North Shore being dis- ™
criminated ‘against and penalized? *
Even the recently ‘built Alex: Fraser
Bridge has no tolls.

“In all fairness,’ if there is a toll
on one bridge it should be the s same
for all bridges. |.

Amy Sunstrum
North Vancouver

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