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...perfectly justified." In the third episode, Ernest Leflore, 50, heard a man breaking into his home and shot him with a .357 magnum pistol. While critical of the trend, Hall conceded that "the Bernhard Goetz affair has had an impact. People are thinking more readily of using a firearm than in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up in Arms Over Crime | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...that several towns have reacted to Morton Groves' handgun ban by swinging to the opposite extreme. A 1982 law in Kennesaw, Georgia, requires the head of every household to possess a gun and ammunition. In fact, the town went so far as to "supply just about any sort of firearm" to those who couldn't buy them. It is a wonder that they did not enact mandatory target practice. This law represents not just a legal response to local gun control, but an armed response. It is as if the NRA is readying itself for battle. Literally...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: Taking Aim | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

...convention out of their pockets rather than dipping into public tills, Dallas is tidy, well-oiled and a most wonderful place to live-is, well, boring. It is also true. For a long time the success story was overshadowed by the act of a jackal with a firearm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showing Off for the G.O.P. | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...remember our proctor read through a list of regulations about plagiarism and the Core requirements and what to do if there was a fire in your room. And one more thing: Anyone caught with a firearm in a dorm room would be suspended. Everyone laughed...

Author: By Thomas J.meyer, | Title: The New Haven Nine | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...While before we had only one category for assaults, for example, we now have four firearm, knife, other dangerous weapon, and hands, fists, and feet," Morse explained...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: New Harvard Police Computer To Analyze Weekly Crime Data | 11/2/1983 | See Source »

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