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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every day, 94 people die of gunshot wounds, and 12 of them are under 20 years old. 90 percent of children in shootings involved a weapon found in the home. One in four American homes have a gun. And as a study released Monday shows, 59 percent of gun owners do not checking their guns daily, with 17 percent of them not checking the guns for over a month. Since parents don't watch over their guns very well, the data suggest stricter laws will reduce kids' access to guns, reduce the number of kids who use guns and ultimately...

Author: By Michael H. Tang, | Title: Guns Played Main Role in Littleton Tragedy | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

Every day, 94 people die of gunshot wounds, and 12 of them are under 20 years old. 90 percent of children in shootings involved a weapon found in the home. One in four American homes have a gun. And as a study released Monday shows, 59 percent of gun owners do not check their guns daily, with 17 percent of them not checking the guns for over a month. Since parents don't watch over their guns very well, the data suggest stricter laws will reduce kids' access to guns, reduce the number of kids who use guns and ultimately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...takeoff," I heard the familiar runway rumbling and felt the vibrations that normally start me chanting, "Dear God, please don't let me die." But this time I felt fine. In fact, I never felt the wheels leave the ground, even though I could see we were supposed to be in the air. As we passed through puffy white clouds, I was so comfortable, I could have taken a nap. I had a sudden craving for a diet Coke, but there wasn't a flight attendant in sight. When the thunderstorms and turbulence came along--the part I secretly hoped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virtually Fearless | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...Newt), whose attack on the defenseless planet of Naboo has all the speed and surprise of the Republican revolution. Nute's ally in the Galactic Senate is known as Lott, and Lott's main aim is to tie up Naboo's call to arms in committee, allowing it to die a quiet death, a la campaign-finance reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Long Ago in a Beltway Not So Far Away | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...fighting at the front. "I fired a lot of rounds today. Of course I killed," she says. But another soldier, reflecting on Jackie, her brother and the thousands of other green recruits arriving to fight, is more cynical. "This is what we have: a lot of people willing to die, but few who know how to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Desperate Fight For a Key Outpost | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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