Word: guns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doubt that anyone who does not own a gun can be any more outraged at the tragic assassination of Senator Kennedy than are the many responsible citizens who happen to be sportsmen and gun owners [June 21]. I have seen firearms used for good (yes, even against fellow man), as well as for evil; but I have not as yet laid blame (or credit) to the gun. It is interesting to ponder if the emotion of the moment will bring on a joust with windmills, and whether the result will provide a catharsis for the guilt complex of a nation...
...fully agree with the National Rifle Association's stand that gun laws will not stop people from shooting people. I would also like to see the American Automobile Association campaign to eliminate all traffic laws, because they do not stop people from speeding and driving through red lights. And then I'd like to see some interested group work to eliminate laws against rape. There are always some killjoys in society trying to restrain the American sportsman...
...York City, Police Officer Samuel Lasky heard a noise at his door, then spotted two strange men tiptoeing in the hall outside his apartment. Alerted by their behavior, he grabbed his gun and stepped out. The two fled, and Lasky followed, finally collaring one on the stairs. A frisk turned up burglar tools, possession of which is a crime in New York. Because the court was satisfied that Officer Lasky had acted properly, the conviction that resulted was upheld. In fact, six of the Justices thought that the defendant's actions were suspicious enough to give probable cause...
...form of escapism to throw up our hands, and, like a chorus of Miniver Cheevy's, 'weep that we were ever born.' " Broder proposed acting instead of weeping. One of the first acts urged by almost all the press was to legislate strong gun-control laws...
...word of shots being fired from the area of the motel with its largely Negro clientele. The police dispatcher relayed the message: "Army under heavy fire." Actually, only a few shots had been heard, and Negro witnesses later claimed that these had come from a blank-cartridge pistol; no gun of any kind was ever found at the motel...