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...third violent breach of presidential security in as many months, somebody fired four to six shots at the back of the White House early Saturday morning. The 9-mm bullets -- one of which was found on the first-floor balcony -- appeared to come from a handgun fired from somewhere south of the mansion. Clinton was asleep upstairs at the time...
With the omnibus crime bill that just squeezed through Congress, the Federal Government made its partial gesture toward a solution. Under the new law, it's a crime for juveniles to possess a handgun or for any adult to transfer one to them except in certain supervised situations. It also provides for programs -- like those that keep schools open later -- intended to discourage kids from finding trouble...
...rush hour on Dec. 7 last year, Colin Ferguson boarded New York's Long Island Rail Road. As the train headed for the suburbs, the Jamaican immigrant opened fired into a carload of 90 commuters with a 9-mm Ruger semiautomatic handgun. Six died; 19 were wounded. At the time of his arrest, Ferguson had in his pockets notes voicing hatred of whites, Asians and "Uncle Tom Negroes." He had a long history of angry run-ins with whites. In an earlier incident, he yelled at his perceived enemies, "Black rage will get you!" Now "black rage" may become...
Miller's monologues teem with outre literary and pop-culture references, but he apportions them cannily. The Brady Bill, he scoffs, is a weak crime- fighting gesture: "A five-day waiting period to get a handgun -- you have to get on a longer waiting list than that to buy Aladdin at Blockbuster." And his jeremiads are filled with two-dollar words that actually add up. "We are going over a Niagara of psychobabble in a barrel full of holes," he complains. "We have become a country of ragged recidivists dedicated to the proposition that all parents are created equally...
...ripples spread far beyond talk. The mayor of Omaha and the Governor of Nebraska called special meetings to address youth violence. And in November, Omaha passed one of the toughest gun- control laws in the U.S., making it illegal for anyone younger than 21 to carry a loaded handgun. For offenders, the new law carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days in jail...