Letters to the Editor

Diana L. Karr
1234 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD  21222

November 4, 2002

Letters to the Editor
The Sun Paper
P.O. Box 1377
Baltimore, MD  21278-0000

Regarding: The Dawson family merits a monument 

Dear Editor;

Baltimore is a city of historic buildings and monuments to past heroes.

I would like to propose that the city now turn its attention to building a statue to honor today's heroes: Carnell Dawson Sr., Angela, Keith and Kevin Dawson, Carnell Dawson Jr., and Juan and LaWanda Ortiz; who died as a result of a valiant struggle to rid their neighborhood of drug dealers. 

They were offered escape, but chose not to abandon their home and   neighbors and cede victory to the drug lords. If we want citizens to testify against criminals in our courts and fight the squalor in their neighborhoods, we need to give those who show this kind of courage the honor and respect they deserve. 

Baltimore must show the Dawson family and their neighbors that their sacrifice will not be forgotten and their bravery is an example to us all. 

Sincerely
Diana L. Karr
Diana L. Karr 
Letters to the Editor

Chuck Gast 
567  Baker Avenue
Odenton, MD  21222 

November 4, 2002

Letters to the Editor
The Sun Paper
P.O. Box 1377
Baltimore, MD  21278-0000

Regarding: President is right to confront Iraq 

Dear Editor;

President Bush should be applauded for taking a courageous stand against Saddam Hussein's outlaw regime and its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction ("Bush losing patience with U.N. over challenges to Iraq plans," Oct. 27). 

As the president noted in his recent address to the nation, the riskiest option for dealing with Iraq is to do nothing. Inaction would give Mr. Hussein time to complete his malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons and embolden tyrants and terrorists everywhere. 

Acting now to disarm Mr. Hussein, using military force if necessary, is the only way we will keep America safe from weapons of mass destruction that may fall into the hands of freedom's enemies. 

Sincerely
Chuck Gast
Chuck Gast 

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Database on guns could save lives 

The Washington-area sniper suspects have been linked by ballistics to a February murder in Washington state ("Ballistic tests tie sniper suspects toTacoma killing," Oct. 30). 

Thus we now know that if a ballistic fingerprint database had existed, they might have been identified and apprehended long before they arrived in the Washington area with murder on their minds and a rifle in their Chevy. 

Their Maryland, D.C. and Virginia victims might, then, still be with us. But
sadly they are not. 

For that we can blame the politicians who do the bidding of the National
Rifle Association and oppose even the most reasonable gun laws, including ballistic fingerprinting for all firearms. 

Delmar Stewart 
Baltimore