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...especially from China and former Soviet bloc nations seeking to keep their defense industry at work by churning out small arms. "They bring in hard currency, and we're probably the only country in the world that has a large civilian market in handguns," says firearms-bureau spokesman Jack Killorin...
Cash-hungry nations like China and the former Eastern bloc countries have found a niche market in guns that can slip in even under the new regulations. "As opposed to cheap, shoddy Saturday-night specials," says Jack Killorin, spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, "you've got very high-quality firearms coming in at bargain-basement prices." A fine Czech Republic semiautomatic handgun called the CZ, formerly made for infantry use, sells for about $250, in contrast to $700 to $850 for a comparable Austrian or Swiss handgun...
...spokesman Jack Killorin said that his bureau decided to move because it believed that during a long siege -- or even if Koresh were seized alone outside -- cult members would opt for suicide, taking the children with them. And almost all showdowns with determined and fanatical groups have led to casualties, he insisted, no matter how they were handled. "We've gone about them in a number of different ways -- ruse, ambush, siege and talk," said Killorin. "In almost every one we lose law-enforcement officers...
...guilt while on trial for four arson attacks last year on clinics in Everett and Bellingham, Wash. He said he had done the torchings "for the glory of God." He was sentenced to 20 years and ordered to pay $298,000 for the damage he had caused. Says John Killorin, spokesman for the BATF: "We don't buy the defense that this is just property damage. The natural consequence of a bomb is loss of life...
...CENTER: Pat Killorin, 21, Syracuse, 6 ft. 2 in., 235 lbs. Syracuse has a reputation for producing pros (Baltimore's John Mackey, Dallas' Maury Youmans, Cleveland's Jimmy Brown), and Killorin may be one of the best. "A leader type," is the word. "As aware of what's happening in that crowd around him as a floorwalker in a department store...
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