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...emasculate New York's tough Sullivan Law, which remains the only state law requiring police permits for possession of handguns. During his presidency, the two major existing federal gun laws-the firearms acts of 1934 and 1938-were passed. In fact, a 1962 article in The American Riflleman took note of the late President's desire for tough gun controls, complained that his "knowledge of firearms was not extensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Aimless | 9/9/1966 | See Source »

...servant storytellers. "Flying Officer X" is H. E. Bates, one of Britain's most talented short-story writers (The Poacher, My Uncle Silas). His sketches of life in the R.A.F. are the result of an assignment to Britain's Bomber Command. C. S. Forester (Captain Horatio Hornblower, Riflleman Dodd and The Gun, TIME, March 29), the British Navy's most passionate booster, spent several weeks on a British warship before sitting down to write his story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kinds of Fighting | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

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