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Show i Letters to the Editor Dear Editor and People of Moab: This is to clarify a possible pos-sible misunderstanding resulting re-sulting from a statement made at the last City Council Coun-cil meeting about CA.P.'s files being open to the public. pub-lic. We did not intend to Imply Im-ply that Individual records would be available for anyone any-one to look at, as this would violate personal confidentiality confiden-tiality as provided by law. The public acces we mentioned refers to our general gen-eral flies, outlining work projects and containing general gen-eral summarized documentation documen-tation of people served by our agency (no names mentioned). men-tioned). Since there has been some question as to how our local administrators could then efficiently satisfy their need to research our operation, we have requested a Legal Opinion from our State C.A.A. and. Denver Regional Offices. We hope this will . clear up any difficulties and we regret any misunderstandings misunder-standings we may have unintentionally un-intentionally caused. Sincerely, Robert Anderson Community Action Coordinator Dear Sam: Like the. proverbial "ships that pass in the night," there seems to be an increasing number of significant signi-ficant pieces of legislation hurriedly Introduced In Washington Wa-shington about which the majority ma-jority knows little or nothing. noth-ing. Perhaps this Is Intentional; In-tentional; perhaps not. Much of the so-called "silence" of the majority Is probably due to this lack of Information. Informa-tion. One such Issue about which far too little has been heard by those who will be affected In the current effort ef-fort of the Consumer Product Pro-duct Safety Commlsston to ban the use of handgun ammunition am-munition by all private citizens. cit-izens. Certain types of ammunition, am-munition, Including .22 calibre cali-bre rlmflre, are used in long guns as well. It does not take too much Imagination Imagina-tion to conclude that a ban on handgun ammunition could be followed shortly by oge on rifle and shotgun ammunition. ThLs action was Initially motivated at the request re-quest of a Chicago women's group the Committee for Handgun Control who urged the ban on the grounds that ammunition Is a "hazardous "hazard-ous substance"! Only the Congress Is In a position to tell the Consumer Consum-er Product Safety Commission Commis-sion it lacks the power to ban ammunition. The Senate Sen-ate Subcommittee on Consumers, Con-sumers, chaired by Utah Senator Frank Moss, will consider this Issue at a hearing on April 14. All Utahns. therefor, are in a unique position to speak for themselves as gun owners, users, collectors, etc. as well as for the remaining millions of Americans who may well wake up "in the morning" to find the ship called The Second Amendment Amend-ment has slipped past In the night. Every Utah voice concerned con-cerned over the pending ao-tion ao-tion should be heard. Senator Sena-tor Moss, In particular, as well as Senator Garn, will be In a position to act at this hearing. Our representatives, represen-tatives, as well, should be Informed of our view regarding re-garding other pending gun control bills. They can voice our convictions only If they know them. A brief postcard to these men, co the Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. in which the writer Indicates strong opposition to further legislation restricting use and ownership of firearms and ammunition will, hopefully, hope-fully, accomplish a great deal. Good Intentions without with-out accompanying action accomplish ac-complish nothing. Sincerely, "H" K. Hancock I TOASTMASTERS Bill Green, Western Division Di-vision Lt. Governor of Toastmaster's District 26, will hold a Western Division Divi-sion educational and speech contest meeting in Grand Junction at the Ramada Inn April 12 beginning at 2 p.m. Interested persons are Invited In-vited to contact him or any member of Toastmasters for additional Information. |