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Untouched Guns

An angry kid in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. recently plowed a car into a crowd of co-eds, killing four. If the car belonged to his parents, should they go to prison for life? What if he took his grandmother's car? Or his aunt's car or his brother's? Who, then, should spend life in the slammer A worm that caused a billion dollars worth of damage on the Internet on January 25, 2003. Slammer infected computers all over the Internet by generating random IP addresses and causing the computer's buffer to overflow with its own instructions that replicate itself and start the process ?

I agree we need guns out of the hands of kids, but Mitch Albom's definition of a "responsible gun owner with children" is absurd. ("Gun Violence Ends When Guns Are Gone," March 19.)

My siblings and I grew up with two guns in the home, and not one of us has ever even held the guns in our hands, much less been tempted to use one to kill classmates Classmates can refer to either:

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, co-workers or family members. And, yes, we had our moments of angst as kids. I was even taunted in school. I've been mad as heck at family members from time to time. Co-workers, well, they've peeved peeve
tr.v. peeved, peev·ing, peeves
To cause to be annoyed or resentful. See Synonyms at annoy.

n.
1. A vexation; a grievance.

2. me too! And journalists -- don't get me started!

Somehow, my siblings and I have managed to control our anger through those trying adolescent years and have grown into peaceful adults. Thank goodness, because it would be a real downer down·er
n.
A depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer. to visit our dear old, "innately irresponsible" parents in the big house.

VICTORIA HOLLAND

Santa Monica

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Publication:	Los Angeles Business Journal
Date:	Apr 9, 2001
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