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TWO PRESIDENTIAL assassination attempts within 17 days last month have once again made handgun confiscation a major national issue. It is, of course, classic naivete to assume that banning handguns will prevent a presidential assassin from obtaining one. Nor will banning handguns be any more effective in achieving any of...
This same principle, however, also applies to the debate over banning handguns. Gun ownership, the simple act of owning a gun, is not an aggressive act. Therefore, one should begin with the presumption that it shouldn't be outlawed. It would be one thing if, as Sheriff Buckley, founder of...
Some members of Congress were stirred to action. Representative John Murphy, a New York Democrat who authored the ineffective 1968 gun-control law banning some imports, introduced a new bill to require registration of all guns and owners; anyone buying a gun would have to get a certificate of eligibility...
Much of the power of the gun enthusiasts is embodied in the National Rifle Association. With 1,050,000 members and an annual budget of $10 million, it is one of the most powerful lobbies in the nation. Though the N.R.A. has eased its stand against the banning of Saturday...
Every proposal seems to have drawbacks and arouses opposition beyond the N.R.A. Many blacks, for example, are opposed to banning the Saturday night specials because they are the only means the poor have of defending themselves. Detroit's Mayor Coleman Young, a black, overruled his own police chief when...