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...then Barton was living in Morrow, Ga., where neighbors knew nothing about his first wife's murder--until last week. His second marriage, however, gave little promise of a happily-ever-after life. Leigh Ann would often pick up and leave, and neighbors would gossip about problems at home. There had been family trouble in February 1994, when Mychelle, then 2 1/2, told a day-care worker that her father had sexually molested her. During the mental evaluations that followed, a psychologist said Barton "certainly was capable" of committing homicide. However, given Mychelle's age, it was difficult for state...
Last year ATF expanded the Yogi tracing studies to 27 cities. In February ATF added 10 more. Each Yogi city found unique patterns, but nearly all discovered the single biggest source of crime guns was the network of licensed dealers operating within their home states. The most important effect was to replace the hopelessness of the late '80s and early '90s with a confidence that the right measures aimed at the right targets could interrupt the flow of guns to the bad guys...
...control is one of those issues that are simultaneously both simpler and more complicated than it appears. Advocates usually point to Britain, Australia and Japan as their models, where guns are restricted and crime is reduced. They do not point to Switzerland, where there is a gun in every home and crime is practically nonexistent. Nor do they cite as sources criminology professor Gary Kleck of Florida State University, whose studies have shown that gun ownership reduces crime when gun owners defend themselves, or Professor John R. Lott Jr. of the University of Chicago Law School, whose research has indicated...
...reach of the Chinese police, millions of his acolytes are running scared. Nobody dares go to the parks to exercise anymore. Many Falun Gong members have temporarily left home, and others are waiting for a knock on the door. "My mother was detained for 44 hours," says Sophie Xiao, a Beijing-born investment analyst now living in Hong Kong. "I was very worried. She is stubborn and wouldn't sign the letter of confession. She had to go to two police stations for questioning." Her mother is also a Communist Party member, which singled her out for special treatment...
Xiao, 32, had a tough, if typical upbringing in China during the mania of the Cultural Revolution, which lasted from 1966 to 1976. Her father was driven "mentally crazy" after he was denounced at work as disloyal to Mao, and at home he expressed his anger by beating Xiao and her mother...