Posted on Thu, Dec. 01, 2005 Letters | Gun ownership not at heart of being American Re: the Nov. 29 Inquirer articles "About 500 mourn devoted young father," "Phila. man, 23, found fatally shot in Nicetown," and "Packing heat - and political punch." Guns are making a combat zone of our streets. Shootings wreak havoc from the inner city to the rural communities of Pennsylvania. As a medic with the Marines in Vietnam, I tried to save the victims of guns and other weapons. In "Packing heat - and political punch," I am appalled by Tammy Bruce's comment, "Owning a...