Re “Gov. Newsom’s hypocritical trip to Israel and China” (Oct. 31):
During Gavin Newsom’s meeting with President Xi, he discussed climate change and reducing the use of fossil fuels. He ignored the fact that China is building coal-burning power plants at a rapid rate.
China is not going to stop this practice for strategic reasons. China has little fossil oil resources and relies on other countries for crude oil, which is normally delivered by tanker ships on the Pacific.
If China goes to war with our country, our Navy will immediately stop all oil shipments to China via the Pacific. This action is identical to the U.S. actions in WWII, where prior to Pearl Harbor, the Navy blockaded Japan from overseas oil sources. This resulted in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to eliminate the Navy’s blockading shipments of oil to Japan.
— Gordon Osborne, Woodland Hills
Gun laws
Re: “‘Assault weapons’ bans are illegal” (Oct. 29):
Again and again the representatives who can create laws show their persistent ignorance.
I don’t understand their inability to see that certain kinds of gun laws could save their lives.
Making it illegal to even own any kind of a gun will not prevent a criminal or potential criminal from obtaining a weapon. How difficult is that to understand? Besides that, an automobile is as deadly a weapon as a gun. That has been demonstrated over again.
Actually it is criminal to allow these lawmakers to pass these laws.
They are as dangerous as a gun whack job, placing citizens in a position of defenselessness and harm.
Do you want to help? Close the border. The economics is killing people.
— Tom Hersh, Newport Beach
Early data from L.A. County’s zero-bail policy
Re “Courts say early data shows zero-bail works” (Oct. 31):
Officials who were proclaiming a success of the zero bail program by saying “only 3%” of the people booked for crimes during the first three weeks of the program were rearrested for new crimes are misleading the public.
What they really need to consider is how many offenders committed new crimes after being released on zero bail but did not get caught.
— Paul Hill, Torrance
![Re “Fiscal policy still matters” (Nov. 5): The United States of America’s national debt is $33 trillion. Without figuring the interest and paying the debt off at a thousand dollars a second it would take over a thousand years to pay off the debt. We hear from the running politicians that we are strapping our children and grandchildren with the debt. There aren’t enough generations in the future of America’s history to pay off the debt we now owe. The credit card debt in America is $1 trillion. The credit card debt interest at 18% per year is $180 […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-5.jpg?w=513 "Re “Fiscal policy still matters” (Nov. 5): The United States of America’s national debt is $33 trillion. Without figuring the interest and paying the debt off at a thousand dollars a second it would take over a thousand years to pay off the debt. We hear from the running politicians that we are strapping our children and grandchildren with the debt. There aren’t enough generations in the future of America’s history to pay off the debt we now owe. The credit card debt in America is $1 trillion. The credit card debt interest at 18% per year is $180 […]")
![Re “So there’s no way to prevent shootings?” (Nov. 5): While columnist Larry Wilson is correct about the scarcity of mass shootings in other countries, the real problem in the U.S. is that we resort to violence far more often than other countries. The possession or absence of guns isn’t the only cause of violence; Utah has relatively lax gun laws compared to California, yet its murder rate and violent crime rates are about half of that of California and firearms are used in a smaller percentage of its murders. If we subtract the murders committed with guns from […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-4.jpg?w=513 "Re “So there’s no way to prevent shootings?” (Nov. 5): While columnist Larry Wilson is correct about the scarcity of mass shootings in other countries, the real problem in the U.S. is that we resort to violence far more often than other countries. The possession or absence of guns isn’t the only cause of violence; Utah has relatively lax gun laws compared to California, yet its murder rate and violent crime rates are about half of that of California and firearms are used in a smaller percentage of its murders. If we subtract the murders committed with guns from […]")
![It is real on our campuses Oh, campus antisemitism is real all right. It’s being shown nightly on the news mostly by the right-leaning Fox News. I am somewhat flummoxed personally because most all modern civilized societies have rejected the tenets of Nazism with its fascist underpinnings. The barbarism exhibited by the terrorist group Hamas justifies Israel’s quest for retribution. It is a terrible shame that they hide behind civilians and expect a pass for their reprehensible actions on Oct. 7. College campuses across our nation now have on full display the poisonous antisemitism of progressive thought. That thinking […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-3.jpg?w=513 "It is real on our campuses Oh, campus antisemitism is real all right. It’s being shown nightly on the news mostly by the right-leaning Fox News. I am somewhat flummoxed personally because most all modern civilized societies have rejected the tenets of Nazism with its fascist underpinnings. The barbarism exhibited by the terrorist group Hamas justifies Israel’s quest for retribution. It is a terrible shame that they hide behind civilians and expect a pass for their reprehensible actions on Oct. 7. College campuses across our nation now have on full display the poisonous antisemitism of progressive thought. That thinking […]")
![Re “HB goes ahead with library censors” (Nov. 2): Well it’s good to know, not surprising, but still disappointing all the same, that your editorial board is another liberally biased media outlet in this state. There used to be a fair amount of conservatives in Orange County. I’m not sure of the percentage anymore but I can assure you we are underrepresented in the media. The column today, “Huntington Beach goes ahead with dystopian library censors,” is a clear attack on conservatives and conservative values. God forbid there are many (if not most) of us who don’t want our […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-2.jpg?w=513 "Re “HB goes ahead with library censors” (Nov. 2): Well it’s good to know, not surprising, but still disappointing all the same, that your editorial board is another liberally biased media outlet in this state. There used to be a fair amount of conservatives in Orange County. I’m not sure of the percentage anymore but I can assure you we are underrepresented in the media. The column today, “Huntington Beach goes ahead with dystopian library censors,” is a clear attack on conservatives and conservative values. God forbid there are many (if not most) of us who don’t want our […]")