Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...uncle was murdered, needlessly, senselessly and brutally, trying to protect his wife and his possessions. It is my honest belief that he was murdered by a gun because he had a gun. I do not blame him for wanting to protect himself, although I am opposed to all ownership of handguns. I do blame his killer for doing what he did. And I blame the Congress for permitting a glut of handguns to create the conditions that forced my uncle to purchase a gun. Must we all arm ourselves in an attempt to deal with each other...
This same principle, however, also applies to the debate over banning handguns. Gun ownership, the simple act of owning a gun, is not an aggressive act. Therefore, one should begin with the presumption that it shouldn't be outlawed. It would be one thing if, as Sheriff Buckley, founder of People vs. Handguns, argues, "The only purpose of a handgun is to kill people." But this is not true. The major purpose of a handgun is self-protection as well as the peaceful endeavors of targetshooting, hunting, and collection...
...This right to self-defense implies the right to employ the means necessary to carry it out, one of the most effective means being the use of a handgun in emergencies. The right of self-defense, therefore, is an additional reason for maintaining a presumption against outlawing handgun ownership...
That process could be combined with a modest building program to encourage home ownership in the city. Though more than a thousand acres of largely abandoned areas in The Bronx and Brooklyn are next to slums, they are potentially desirable because they are conveniently located. The city could clear them and erect row houses to be sold to middle-class buyers. Says I.D. Robbins, a builder and former president of the City Club, a civic watchdog group: "There is a tremendous capital investment left over from the time these neighborhoods thrived. All that is missing is people...
...shot once in the heart with a .38. Officer Glover, shot twice in the head and chest, apparently with the same gun, lies a few feet away near a battered red 1967 Plymouth convertible. Reddy had managed to get off three shots. Glover clutches a Pennsylvania title of ownership for the Plymouth. Witnesses say that Glover was apparently carrying out a routine check of the car, which was double-parked. After a few minutes of talk, the driver suddenly started shooting, then fled on foot. So did a companion, who had been standing near...