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...with a policeman in Frazeysburg, a small Ohio town some 50 miles northeast of Columbus. Militia members who were following Hill in a separate car claim that he was executed by the policeman,TIME correspondent Ed Barnes reports. But local police say that Hill pulled a .45-cal. semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at the policeman, who then fired four shots, hitting Hill three times. According to sworn affidavits obtained by TIME, Ken Adams, leader of theNorthern Michigan Militia, and three militia witnesses say the officer, Sgt. Matt May, pulled Hill to the side of the road twice. Police report...
...Wednesday morning in a confrontation with a policeman in Frazeysburg, a small Ohio town some 50 miles northeast of Columbus. Militia members claim that Michael Hill, the chaplain, was executed by the policeman,TIME correspondent Ed Barnes reports. But local police say that Hill pulled a .45-cal. semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at the policeman, who then fired four shots, hitting Hill three times. According to sworn affidavits obtained by TIME, Ken Adams, leader of theNorthern Michigan Militia,and three militia witnesses say the officer, Sgt. Matt May, pulled Hill to the side of the road twice. Police report...
...explain his 1984 arrest for carrying a concealed weapon (he reportedly received a suspended sentence) or his 1986 arrest for felonious assault. According to a police report, three complainants, who admitted to having tried repeatedly to pass Koernke's van, alleged that he "bolted from the van ... pointing a handgun at them with both hands [and said] 'If you want problems, I'll give it to you. Stay off the road.'" The resulting search of Koernke's van turned up a gas mask, a (legal) 12-gauge shotgun with 10 shells, K rations, two military shovels and a canteen...
...said films likeOliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"and Quentin Tarrantino's "True Romance" "revel in mindless violence and loveless sex," and urged film executives to emphasize family-oriented programming and products. He alsoattacked rap artistsin whose songs "sexual violence is given a catchy tune."Sarah Brady, chair of Handgun Control Inc., retorted that Dole, who supports arepeal of the assault weapons ban, is "completely misguided if he believes that controlling airwaves will solve the problems of crime and violence facing us." Director Oliver Stone accused Dole of "a 90s form of McCarthyism," said that "Killers" was meant "to satirize...
That group has become one of the most powerful lobbies at the Capitol, if only to oppose every form of gun control that the Congress enacts. Far from an association of rifle-owners, the NRA has become the National Handgun, Assault Weapon and Federal Lobbyist Association...