THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, August 12, 1995              TAG: 9508130002
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

GUNS AREN'T FASHION

Regarding ``Go ahead, make my day pretty'' (Daily Break, July 31): What kind of idiots are you to think that concealed weapons are a fashion statement?

Face it: Guns are produced for one purpose - to kill. Now we have a bunch of people either in a panic or on a power trip because they can carry concealed weapons almost anywhere they want to.

They're just ordinary citizens, and the last thing they need is for you to encourage them to buy and carry concealed weapons just because it's legal and you think it's fashionable!

Take a good look at what's going on. We don't need any more bullets flying around.

Let's let the police do their jobs and not glorify and add to the problem.

DERIK S. SPALDING

Virginia Beach, July 31, 1995 by CNB