Word: gunning
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...violent movies anymore, unless a dog is killed. No one is surprised when they open the paper and read about the latest case of genocide in a foreign country or a murder spree in our own. No one minds when little boys are aggressive and play with toy guns. And no one minds when those same little boys are allowed access to real guns by elastic gun control laws...
...prayer clubs seem unlimited. In fact, the tragic shooting of eight prayer-club members last December in West Paducah, Ky., by 14-year-old Michael Carneal provided the cause with martyrs and produced a hero in prayer-club president Ben Strong, who persuaded Carneal to lay down his gun. Strong recalls that the club's daily meetings used to draw only 35 to 60 students out of Heath High School's 600. "People didn't really look down on us, but I don't know if it was cool to be a Christian," he says. Now 100 to 150 teens...
...stunned that experts continue to blame television and the media for playground massacres that involve youths and guns. Is the National Rifle Association so powerful in the U.S. that people are scared to admit that archaic gun laws are causing young children to be killed? Or is the government too concerned about losing votes because of America's obsession with weapons? America must know that as long as guns are easily available, killings will continue. JONATHAN GREEN Auckland, New Zealand...
...N.R.A. is not to blame for the aberration of Jonesboro. Gun ownership in America preceded the N.R.A. In the community where this tragedy happened, hunting has been a part of life for centuries. The N.R.A.'s courses on gun safety, insistence on the presence of adults whenever youngsters are handling firearms and political activities to preserve responsibly a historical right are worthwhile undertakings. JAMES J. JENTES, N.R.A. member Passaic...
...asked my five-year-old son and his four-year-old sister what they would do if they saw a gun. In unison, they quoted the N.R.A.'s educational mascot, Eddie Eagle: "Stop. Don't touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult." The fact that Eddie Eagle's words were remembered by my youngsters disproves the ugly picture the media often paint of the N.R.A. Eddie can help many parents to speak with their youngsters about this disturbing subject. BARBARA ROCHE Watchung...