Word: gunning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...risked being shot to death by prison snipers; who is now almost certainly lost in snake-infested woods; who probably hasn't eaten in more than three days, and who has more than 500 officers hot on his trail. Gurule has to avoid not only the authorities but also gun-toting homeowners in the area, many of whom (understandably) are on edge...
...rights activists talk as if hunting were a form of dope: an addiction that profits only the pushers. There's big money at stake, observes Wayne Pacelle, the senior vice president of the Humane Society. "If you hook a kid at 12, and he hunts till 60, how many guns and rounds of ammo have you sold?" And there's no doubt the gun manufacturers are concerned. They send books and videos into school classrooms to introduce kids to hunting and gun safety. And they encourage state wildlife officials to promote youth hunts, like the ones that kicked off hunting...
Yasser Arafat, who used to show up with an olive branch and a gun, now comes to Washington with his bank book. In a meet-and-greet with President Clinton, Arafat secured a pledge for about $400 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority in addition to the hundred mil the U.S. already kicks in yearly. The announcement comes as part of a kind of Palestinian telethon in which Arafat will meet with representatives from some 45 countries to try to better the $2.3 billion they contributed in a similar fund-raiser five years...
Just in time for the holiday shopping rush: Instant background checks for gun purchasers to screen out felons and other undesirables. Mandated by the 1993 Brady Act, a national computerized background check goes into effect today, replacing the voluntary checks that have been the responsibility of state and local law enforcement agencies up to now. The program will cover handguns as well as rifles and shotguns...
...will it work? An estimated 12.4 million firearms are sold in the U.S. each year, and critics fear the new system will smother under the load. Moreover, say gun opponents, the state databases that feed the the system are incomplete. Critics say that worst of all the system doesn't impose a waiting period to give impulsive gun buyers a chance to cool off.The FBI, of course, is aiming to prove the doubters wrong -- it's hiring more than 500 people to help run the system. The holiday season should be a trial by fire...