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...through a crowd in Sacramento? Or was it all a wild publicity stunt? Several witnesses claim they heard a click when Squeaky pointed her pistol. Yet Ford, who was standing two feet away from his potential assassin, has already asserted that he has "no recollection of hearing the handgun click." The defense has now won the right to probe that further...
...stay in school until the eighth grade, and redrafting the 85-year-old state constitution. At times Carmichael's "issues campaign," which has great appeal among college students and businessmen, has backfired. After the recent attempts to assassinate President Ford, he declared, "It is time we start licensing handguns." When gun enthusiasts howled in protest, Carmichael explained: "What I actually want to do is legalize the handgun in Mississippi" by issuing permits to allow "law-abiding citizens" to carry concealed weapons...
...chief effect of a handgun ban will be to prevent people from protecting themselves, Anop argues, drawing attention to FBI crime reports which show for example, that after police trained some 6000 Orlando, Florida women in firearms the incidence of rape was cut in half. Similar events occured in Phoenix and Atlanta, according...
...example Crout cites the case of Joyce Boyd in 1974. "After taking an early walk near Putnam Reservoir in Danvers, Massachusetts, she was attacked by two men when she returned to her car. Their obscene language made their intentions clear; but fortunately she had a handgun, the sight of which caused them to change thuir tune from 'White Mama' to 'OK Lady,' after which they ran to their car and drove...
...statistics on how many crimes are prevented in this manner, but there are certainly quite a few." Cassidy says. Private handgun ownership can prevent crime when attackers are scared away or when the crime never occurs because the potential criminal fears his victim will be armed, he argues. Cassidy feels that without this deterrent effect crime rates might rise rather than fall after a handgun...