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Clinton was motivated to address the problem of handgun violence in part because of a gruesome incident on New Yorks Long Island Rail Road in which an evidently deranged man wielding a 9-mm pistol killed five commuters and wounded 18 others. The assailant, Colin Ferguson of Brooklyn, is black; he carried notes that told of his hatred of whites, Asians and "Uncle Tom" Negroes...
After Congress passed the Brady Bill three weeks ago, mandating a five-day waiting period on handgun sales, gun shops saw their business jump dramatically. Semiautomatic weapons with large magazines are selling especially fast in anticipation of expanded congressional restrictions. "Brady law? It's a piece of trash," says Lyle Teague, a self-styled arms merchant at the Saxet Gun Show in San Antonio, Texas. "But you want to know something? It's doing wonders for my business." Dealers at the vast Texas flea market posted signs warning, LAST CHANCE TO STOCK UP and THESE GUNS ARE IN THE SENATE...
...like Wichita, Kansas, where drive-by shootings hit a record high this year and local legislators are debating tighter gun laws, pro-gun activists argue that instead they should make it easier for citizens to carry a concealed weapon -- the deterrent approach. The District of Columbia has enacted a handgun ban -- but some residents think that may bring new dangers. "I live close to D.C.," says Rafael Escalera, 24, as he buys more bullets for his 9-mm Taurus, "and I've heard people say they would rather rob someone in D.C. than in Maryland because they don't have...
...current move toward tighter laws has produced the same response. California has some of the strictest in the country; Senator Dianne Feinstein is leading the charge to outlaw assault weapons and semiautomatics. A series of polls last June indicated that 45% of Californians favor a handgun ban. Meanwhile, in the month after the Los Angeles riots, gun sales jumped 45% over the previous year...
CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports}]CAPTION: U.S. HANDGUN MURDERS...