Word: crime
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Boudin, too, insisted that no substantive crime had been alleged, and that the five were being prosecuted only for speech in the form of public opposition to the war and the draft...
Attacking the Justice Department's interpretation of the Selective Service law, Leonard Boudin, Spock's attorney, maintained that Congress never intended mere non-possession of a draft card to be a crime. Even if the regulations of Selective Service were violated, he continued, it would be "an extraordinary delegation of power to the Selective Service System" if every violation were considered a criminal...
...premise of the argument and its implicit conclusion--i.e., guns keep down crime--are open to serious question. The NRA simply assumes that any gun law more restrictive than those its supports will lead to disarming the "law-abiding" citizen. As applied to the Administration's bill, the objection is absurd. The bill would end mail-order sales of guns, but would place no restrictions on over-the-counter sales to state residents...
...worst fears were realized and such gun laws were passed, the group predicts a drastic rise in the crime rate. And here, reams of statistics flow back and forth between proponents and opponents of gun laws. Propagandists for both sides pick and choose at will...
...thing seems clear--an abundance of guns in the hands of private citizens does nothing to keep down crime rates that increased police forces could not do, save perhaps prodding foolhardy shopkeepers into a replay