Word: marksmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...police some control over gun sales. Some form of registration is used throughout the country, but the strictness of rules varies enormously. In Arizona, guns can be purchased by simply filling out a form. In New York, by contrast, a purchaser must pass a background check and complete a marksmanship course before getting a permit to carry a gun. Registration has a limited impact on crime. "From the standpoint of homicide prevention, it is meaningless whether a gun is registered," says Detroit Psychiatrist Emanuel Tanay, a gun-control advocate...
...join their assigned active units. They have already received extensive paramilitary preparation. Before draft age, all Soviet males are given 140 hours of military training at school or work. The armed services, moreover, sponsor voluntary organizations whose activities have military application. Among them are sports clubs that specialize in marksmanship, grenade throwing, navigating and parachuting...
...Force statistics show that an astonishing 86% of enlisted personnel and 51% of officers moonlight at civilian jobs or have spouses who work. Typical is Sergeant Joe McCrary, a 24-year-old marksmanship instructor at Lackland Air Force Base. During most of his six years in the Air Force he has held second jobs; his latest was bartending in a VFW hall...
...usual, has only the faintest shot at any kind of medal. The 70-and 90-meter ski jumps often produce surprises, but the Soviets and Finns should go into both events as favorites. The same is true of the three biathlon events, which combine cross-country ski races and marksmanship contests. The luge (pronounced loozh), a kind of toboggan that careens down an ice track with one-or two-man teams, should be dominated by the East Germans...