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I'm not saying that there isn't a serious crime problem in the country, and the recent at tempts on the life of the President are certainly outrageous acts, but the con fiscation of all handguns, as proposed in the editorial, would do nothing to alleviate the problem, and would in fact create a greater one. The implication of the editorial is that the handgun can only do evil, but that is not the case. Handguns can do, nothing without someone to pull the trigger. I can't help thinking that other measures might be more productive in helping to solve the problem. An example of what I consider to be sensible and practical in this area is the legislation proposed by President Ford himself, calling for mandatory prison terms for persons convicted of com mitting crimes with firearms. I don't think that he, even after 1417 Ma.n Stre.t phone 254-5800 P IU' the editor this month's events, advocates the extreme measures outlined by Valk. It is argued by anti-gun control advocates that the banning of handguns would only take theni out of the hands of law-abiding citizens, and have no great effect on the criminal quarter of our society. I agree with this completely. There is no reason to think that a measure such as confiscation could be any more effective or enforceable than the present marijuana laws, to which Valk alluded in his editorial. By the way, his statement that marijuana has yet to be proven harmful is unrealistic. . If we are to consider banning handguns in this nation, we must look at what has happened in other nations that have un dertaken similar programs. The obvious example, I think, is Great Britain, which is famous for its weaponless "bobbies". Rather than analyze the situation in that country myself, I will quote a statement made by Superintendent Colin Greenwood of the West Yorkshire Constabulary in his book, Firearms Control. In the book, he points out that "half a century of strict contfols on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this M class of weapon in crime than ever before. Attempting to deal with the criminal use of firearms by placing more restrictions on legitimate users is not likely to achieve anything." Finally, I would venture to say that the swift trial, con viction and (ideally) the execution of both Miss Fromme and Mrs. Moore might do more to discourage future assassination attempts than the production of reams of paper drenched in useless and perhaps dangerous legislation. GEORGE E. STUART IV Another solution to gun control TO THE EDITOR: Before Mr. Valk assigns handguns too much of the blame for the deaths of the Kennedys, or the attempts on the lives of President Ford and George Wallace, we should be aware of somewhat more correlative factors. Lee Harvey Oswald's Soviet travels in the intense cold-war period was only possible because he was an American double agent. 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