I had to laugh out loud at Keith Pretzer's March 7 letter, but I do emphathize with his situation of preferring to live by the gun range rather than coping with his neighbor's 18-year-old kid's endless, nightly drum playing.

Are the parents deaf, dumb or dead? Why haven't they put a stop to this? He should file a civil complaint based on his stress levels alone. Displays of rudeness, these days, are limitless. Has Mr. Pretzer considered taking tuba lessons?

Sherry Guinn

Fresno