Joy, give me a break. Maybe you should move to the city called "a vacuum."
Jeff Fleischer
Broomfield
Oh, shoot! I find it interesting that Joy Frankel's family's "favorite way to spend summer days is visiting Cherry Creek State Park," yet she never knew that a privately operated public range is located in the park. Either she is clueless about the park, or the letter is from an anti-gun crank. I suspect the latter.
In reference to our new lieutenant governor's remarks about state help to establish more public ranges (Patricia Calhoun's "Calamity Jane," November 7), federal funds are available for construction. Colorado has to furnish the land for new ranges.
Ronald Best
Lakewood
Mean, media, mode: Ms. Frankel, the shooting facility is not a "private" shooting range; it is a public range that is privately managed and is open to the public seven days a week. There are tens of thousands of legitimate gun owners in this state who are hunters or competitive shooters, or who enjoy informal target shooting and need a place to shoot. The gun owners of this state also pay taxes and are just as entitled to use state land as you are.
And concerning the editor's note, what is your point, Ms. Calhoun? Someone used poor judgment and injured themselves at the shooting range. Apparently you're trying to portray all shooters as a danger to the public. I found your comment mean-spirited and vindictive.
Guy Harmon
Aurora
Critical mass:In her November 7 letter, Jennifer in Fort Collins condemns conservatives and Republicans for being closed-minded, not liberal and modern as she claims to be. She also claims Republicans don't care about the "mass majority" of people. (If that be the case, how could a Republican ever be elected to anything?) In making her points, Jennifer uses stereotypes, racial slurs ("redneck") and sweeping, derogatory generalizations about people who disagree with her and folks in the South, the Midwest and Colorado. Pardon my potentially unconstitutional, politically incorrect wish, but God save us from open-minded, liberal and modern thinkers such as Jennifer.
Derry Eynon
Fort Collins
Full Disclosure
Male call: Juliet Wittman's critique of The Full Monty ("Bare Necessities," October 31) made me reflect upon the criticism women have directed at female stripping for many years -- how it demeans and degrades women and that the men supporting this activity are misogynist pigs. How different things are when it is the men who are doing the stripping. In the previous week's calendar, Susan Froyd referred to The Full Monty as "a sweet working-class story" based on a "feel-good" film. Would she have used the same sentimental descriptions if the story were about six out-of-work women who started stripping at the suggestion of a woman who was about to lose visitation rights with her daughter for not keeping up with her child-support payments?
Role reversals are fine for making a point, provided they are complete role reversals; however, this theater production is nothing more than women having their cake and eating it, too. They want to see the guys get naked, but they don't want to be labeled misandrist pigs who demean and degrade men. Sorry, gals, but you can't have it both ways!
Name withheld on request
