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...talking too much. That doesn't appear to be the case with Gigante, who has carefully avoided spilling any secrets about his long career with the Genovese family. Gigante has a rap sheet going back four decades, with arrests for bookmaking, gambling, receiving stolen goods and handgun possession. In most cases the charges were dropped or reduced, but in the early 1960s Gigante served five years in prison on drug charges, along with then godfather Vito Genovese. He apparently resolved to avoid the slammer: before this May, Gigante was arrested only once more, in 1970 on charges of trying...
...election, in a rage at George Bush's conduct, I was particularly susceptible to liberalish junk mail. What I hungered for was a group called something like Patriotic Americans for Flag Burning and Prison Furloughs. What I settled for was the likes of the American Civil Liberties Union, Handgun Control Inc. and my local public-television station. In the past few months, they have all been hitting me up for renewal. What's more, they have generously shared my name and address with other groups willing to gamble that a tender concern for the First Amendment or a fondness...
What I may do, after renewing Handgun Control, is send five bucks to the National Rifle Association and a few groups like that. Then I'll lean back and let them spend many times that amount trying to squeeze more out of me. On the receiving end of the direct-mail business, torturing the opposition may be the way to get the most bang for your buck...
According to police reports, the two men approached the victim at about 3:30 a.m. yesterday. One showed the handgun and demanded money, police said. The two took $10 in cash and an automatic teller card from the victim before fleeing, police said...
...after the schoolyard massacre in Stockton, Calif., gave gun control a new impetus, the N.R.A. looks for a way to maintain its clout. -- TIME poll describes a nation where many share a devotion to guns -- and a willingness to accept regulations. -- For and Against: leaders of the N.R.A. and Handgun Control speak about firearms. -- Washington Mayor Marion Barry may finally have run out of luck. -- The McMartin sex case abused children, defendants, judge and jurors for six exhausting years...