Dear Sir:

We’re so glad to see you addressed the problems of the many deaths, especially our young people, by the gun in Miami. My family recently relocated to Miami from Boston, and we are amazed by the lack of gun control here.

In Boston, any one found with an unlicensed gun, or without a permit for that gun was jost likely to face a one-year mandatory prison sentence. We cannot recall any exceptions to this law.

This law was very effective in controlling gun-crimes as such crimes were reduced by over 30 percent last year. Miami needs such a law. We are sure a law like that coupled with sporadic late-night road blocks, where cars are searched, will find hundreds of unlicensed guns and carriers of guns, who must be locked up. Only by taking such strong measures will gun crimes begin to decline.

Albert & Marcia Mullins, Miami Gardens

Bush in Iraq

Dear Sir:

I must comment on President’s Bush recent surprise trip to Iraq. I am sure everyone noticed the great amount of secrecy and security that was involved in this trip. Mr. President was flown safely in and out of Iraq.

This is quite unlike the troops that are sent there. They are sent with much publicity. The entire Iraq, friends and foes alike, know that our troops are coming, and where they are positioned. Of course they are open to all kind of dangers, and what is so significant is that unlike our president many of them will not be coming home alive, or come home smiling like dear Mr. Bush who sent there.

Neville Watts, Hallandale