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...Cabot House resident was approached from behind by two males, one of whom was wearing a mask and armed with what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun, according to a Harvard police advisory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cabot Resident Mugged Walking Across Common | 12/3/1996 | See Source »

...armed forces--a stable government and hundreds of kids dying from gunshot wounds. Yet the gun lobby is desperate to carry the second amendment to the absurdity of letting any schmoe with a driver's license walk into a Wal-Mart and emerge with an assault rifle or handgun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: That Crazy NRA | 11/8/1996 | See Source »

Raymond thought he had lost the primary until he learned that a clerical error had been made and he had, in fact, won. He brings to the general election an agenda of tax breaks for churches and charities, and tougher sentences for drug kingpins and handgun crimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MASSACHUSETTS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Schumer is a bad word to NRA lobbyists: he was a fierce sponsor of the assault-weapons ban and the Brady Bill, which mandates a five-day waiting period before buying a handgun. He also sponsored a law making it illegal to obstruct access to abortion clinics, a popular move in the liberal Ninth. By no means camera shy, Schumer may be setting himself up to bid for New York's governorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW YORK | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

GUNS. House and Senate: Would you have voted for the "Brady Bill," which requires each would-be purchaser of a handgun to wait five days while local law-enforcement officials conduct a personal background check on the purchaser? [HR1025, 1993, 103d Congress. Passed, H vote: 238-189; S vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NOTES TO THE GUIDE | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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