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...real sporting purpose or are used primarily to kill people. The next day Colt Industries suspended commercial sales of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, the civilian copy of the military's M-16. In California the 80-member state assembly voted by a narrow margin (41 to 38) to outlaw the manufacture and sale of semiautomatic weapons, a move that could inspire two dozen other state legislatures considering similar bans. It was a stunning triple play that exhilarated gun- control activists and left the mighty gun lobby fuming...
...reporters he was "not about to" impose a ban on semiautomatic weapons. But even as he made that claim, the President was searching for ways to cope with the surge in semiautomatic sales. Advisers from Barbara Bush to Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates pleaded with the President to outlaw the guns. For several weeks Bush had discussed the semiautomatic-weapons dilemma with his friend Senator James McClure, an Idaho Republican and staunch gun-rights defender. The President was torn between wanting to protect the rights of sportsmen and the lives of police officers...
...cannot rightfully claim ignorance. Until the government can insure that all citizens are sufficiently educated about sex, women should be allowed to choose an abortion, and the government should encourage sexual restraint. If the government ever attains its goal of ensuring adequate sex education, the courts ought to outlaw abortion, except in cases of rape and health of the mother...
...choicers like the man with the sign should admit that just because some people want to outlaw abortion, that does not automatically mean they have something against women or that they are fascist. If they want to make a strong case for choice, they ought to point to rape and the sex education problem. Accusations such as this author's only cloud the debate on abortion and make finding workable solutions to this divisive issue that much more difficult...
...unusual question: Would they be willing to write a letter thanking the nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices for the right to have an abortion? Few refuse. Says Lori, 30, a businesswoman who terminated her pregnancy there earlier this month: "It really makes me mad that they are trying to outlaw...