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...statement Tuesday, Vorenburg said that "during the past four years, crime has risen more than ten times as fast as populations," and blamed the Nixon Administration for this. He also criticized the present Administration's opposition to laws outlawing the Saturday Night Special handgun...
Once again, the National Rifle Association proved to be stronger than the national interest. By a vote of 68-25, the Senate passed a bill banning the manufacture and sale of the Saturday Night Special, the snub-nosed handgun that is so often used to kill people. But the bill was shot so full of holes that the N.R.A. has nothing to worry about. Nor have the criminals...
...DIRTY HARRY is the vilest of the bunch. Unlike the other two, it has no pretensions of art; it is a simply told story of the Nietszchean superman and his sado-masochistic pleasures. The hero is Clint Eastwood, a tough cop who carries a Magnum .44, "the most powerful handgun in the world," and brandishes it at a world which is so cowardly, stupid, and slow as to be beneath contempt. His quarry is a sniggering psychopath, a blank-faced embodiment of evil who personifies all that the American tough mentality despises: long-haired, pacifistic, whiny, effeminate. Harry tracks...
...hardware seems greatest in New York City, where scores of muggings occur each day. "The number of people looking for a good defensive weapon has really exploded lately," claims Norman Simon, who owns three Manhattan umbrella stores. Catering primarily to law-abiding citizens who are reluctant to tote a handgun, Simon has since last December sold 200 steel-knobbed umbrellas and canes, 300 metal swagger sticks and 400 walking sticks weighted with buckshot...
Owners of rifles and shotguns must be 18, and need only the basic I.D. Those who would pack a pistol or revolver must also be at least 18, and need two additional permits (total cost: $5) to purchase and carry a handgun. Retailers must keep complete records of long-arm sales and must forward records of handgun sales to police...