From: GregKopp@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 14:19:23 -0400
To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com
Subject: MEDIA: USA Today CCW article

USA Today - Tuesday, June 27, 1995 - Page 9A

Headline: Concealed weapons, a "phenomenon" of fear

Please read this well-written article on concealed carry laws in this
country. It is probably one of the fairest articles I have read. It "reports"
the issue, without distorting the facts. One of the more interresting aspects
of the article is the contradiction made by a Miami police officer. In one
paragraph, the author (Robert Davis) writes "Sgt. Eddie Martines, a Miami
police homicide detective, doubts having more armed citizens on the streets
had anything to do with the falling murder rate. He credits community-based
efforts that team police with concerned citizens." Yet in another paragraph
"Sgt. Martinex feels safer. He carries his gun everywhere. Not because he's a
cop, but 'to protect myself and my family.' "

Read this article. Send a "letter to the editor" commending them for
fairness, or to add to the article, by sending e-mail to:
"usatoday@clark.net"