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America retrieved its old Cup last week in four one-sided yacht races that showed U.S. sailors and Australian sportsmen at their best. The man who unthinkably lost the trophy three summers ago, San Diego's Dennis Conner, won it back with guile at the beginning and grace at the end, not to mention the fastest sailboat on the Indian Ocean. "I didn't see a foot put wrong in any one of the races by any one of their team," losing Skipper Iain Murray said admiringly. "We made a few mistakes and were a little bit off the pace...
...Boston boosters made New York Giants fans look like true sportsmen yesterday by booing the performance of Dwight Evans...
...bill repeals key provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, passed after the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. It permits the interstate transport of all firearms, as well as most interstate sales of rifles and shotguns--deregulations the NRA claims are essential to sportsmen but which really do more to stifle law enforcement efforts...
Following the NRA's logic, an ideal gun law allows sportsmen, hunters, and honest citizens attempting to defend themselves easy access to guns. This protects the rights of folks like you and me. Criminals, on the other hand, should be punished heartily for any abuses they commit with handguns...
...claims that out-of-state sales are essential to sportsmen and hunters. To figure out their real motivation, however, we need only look at another provision of McClure-Volkmer. That provision would restrict law-enforcement authorities to one surprise inspection of gun dealers per year. So if you are a gun dealer, and your shop has already been inspected, feel free to relax your standards for the sake of sales; the NRA will do its part to be sure that the law protects your laxness. Clearly more than protecting honest sportsmen is at stake...