Jeff Chan XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX webmaster@rkba.org KRON 1001 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA (415) 441-4444 voice 4listens@kron.com Mass Media Bureau Federal Communications Commission Room 2-C334 445 12th Street, SW. Washington, DC 20554 complaints-enf@fcc.gov NBC nbctv@nbci.com October 9, 2000 DELIVERED VIA FAX AND EMAIL PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR PUBLIC FILE The West Wing is simply left wing propoganda and its broadcast is a disservice to the community. The contention that private ownership of firearms cannot prevent attacks comes directly from Jim Brady of Handgun Control Incorporated, and as such is one- sided and misleading political posturing which is not bourne out by fact. Would Jim Brady have been safer if his Secret Service Agents were unarmed? Police and civilians alike have firearms because they are the safest and most effective means of stopping crime. As Warren v. District of Columbia showed, the police have no general duty to protect individuals, and even if they did since there is about 1 police officer on patrol at any given time for every 100,000 people, police protection would be physically nearly impossible. Stop broadcasting one-sided lies. Sincerely, Jeff Chan