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...containing some $2,800 worth of cocaine, it seemed to be a case of a good citizen doing her part in the national war against drugs. She also produced a small quantity of marijuana, about two dozen pills, drug paraphernalia, $1,900 in cash and a .25-cal. handgun, thus providing sufficient evidence for officers to arrest Bobby Dale Young, 49, a bartender, and his wife Judith Ann Young, 37, a U.S. bankruptcy-court clerk. But there was an extraordinary twist to the bust: the tipster was the Youngs' 13-year-old daughter Deanna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dutiful Daughter | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...House tossed a bone to gun-control advocates by continuing the ban on the sale of handguns by dealers in one state to residents of another, a provision strongly endorsed by police organizations. The bill also strengthens penalties for the use of silencers and prohibits the sale of new and used machine guns. The handgun provision means that the bill will have to return to the Senate, which passed a less restrictive version in July, also after vigorous N.R.A. lobbying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defeat for a Thin Blue Line | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...were probably right to be a bit hard on Congress. It has held its ground, in this case, against handgun decontrol, but hasn't had the guts to do what's needed: clamp down on all future transfers of handguns whatsoever, just like the machine guns. As I wrote in the December Perspective, we are a big country and we should choose our toys more carefully...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gun Control | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

Still, the scene isn't as bleak as you implied. The House and Senate bills must be reconciled, and the NRA must slog through many more negotiations before it is close to its goal. Handgun control groups, championed by Sara Brady, wife of wounded Reagan aid Jim Brady, are still in the fight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gun Control | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

...Defense, recently left his Pentagon office toting an overnight bag and rode to Washington's National Airport. Koch breezed through three airport metal detectors and into the departure lounge. That was as far as he planned to go. Inside his carry-on bag, Koch had concealed a 9-mm handgun that weighs only 23 oz. and is made partly of superhardened plastic. When disassembled, the Austrian-made weapon, known as the Glock 17, does not look like a firearm. Only its barrel, slide and springs, which are metal, show up on airport scanners. The polymer handgrip, trigger guard and ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Technology Threats | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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