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...years, murder was down 15%, rape 9%. The two groups most vulnerable to violent crime--women and blacks--benefit the most after the easing of the laws. And in right-to-carry states, the average death rate from mass public shootings dropped 69%. After the school shooting in Springfield, Ore., in May, Lott argued that teachers should be allowed to tote guns to school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should You Carry A Gun? | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

Imagine 15-year-old Kipland Kinkel in rustic Springfield, Ore., chatting with two buddies on a three-way phone call May 20--probably while his father's corpse lay on the floor, a bullet drilled through his skull. Kip said he couldn't wait to see the new South Park that night, according to Tony McCown, 15, who phoned him. "I wonder when Mom's gonna get home," he fretted. When she finally arrived, he allegedly said, "I love you, Mom," and then unloaded his weapon into her. It was around 6 p.m., and Kip presumably stayed with the bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Arms and The Boy | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...Kinkel begged his parents for guns so often that the schoolteacher couple, partial to tennis and not gun people, finally relented. His father "felt that Kip was going to get a gun one way or another," family friend Rod Ruhoff told the Eugene, Ore., Register-Guard, so why not do it under parental supervision? Another friend recommended a single-shot weapon, but Bill Kinkel bought his son a semiautomatic rifle. Later, he surprised Kip with a Glock pistol. Just down the road from the Kinkel home--nestled along a rural road that feels more Ozark than Pacific Northwest--a sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Arms and The Boy | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...subscribing to PEOPLE magazine? To put Frank Sinatra and then Carrey on consecutive covers at a time when India explodes its first nuclear bomb, Indonesia's ruler of 32 years steps down and the Department of Justice sues Microsoft is unconscionable. JEFF NIELSEN Corvallis, Ore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 22, 1998 | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...outside party until all their personal and financial battles are over. This system could put abusers in the spotlight and keep them away from children. Meanwhile, the only course of action for people like Shah's ex-wife and her children will be to go underground. REBECCA ASHLING Portland, Ore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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