Letter: Condoms keep guns safe :)

Letter: Condoms keep guns safe
Date: Jun 14, 2006 2:18 PM
PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Citizen
DATE: 2006.06.14
EDITION: Final
SECTION: News
PNAME: Letters
PAGE: A15
BYLINE: Doug Perrault
SOURCE: The Ottawa Citizen
WORD COUNT: 108

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Condoms keep guns safe

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Re: It's 'don't ask, don't tell' as troops' condom use soars, June 12.

This story can leave the wrong impression. Being ex-military myself, I
would like to suggest to the public and to the wives and girlfriends of
those on the mission in Afghanistan that the reason for the soaring use
of condoms is probably the climate and environment of that country. It
is a common practice for soldiers to cover the end of a rifle barrel
with a condom to keep it clean, especially in dusty, dirty or wet and
snowy conditions.

Doug Perrault,
Nepean