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...make it to Angkor Wat are repeatedly reminded to stay on the paths; hundreds of Khmer Rouge land mines are buried around the temples. It is also advisable to give the Kalashnikov-toting militia men "guarding" the complex a dollar or two for their services -- so they don't steal all your money...
Likewise the Brady bill, even combined with Clinton's Executive Order banning the import of assault pistols, will have little impact on young men who already have their guns or can easily steal them. The weapons of choice on the streets right now are made in America. Guns like the TEC-9, MAC-10 and MAC-11 semiautomatic, though inaccurate, are cheap, terrifying, easily hidden and handily converted to automatic. Sales have soared since 1989, when President Bush banned the import of semiautomatic assault rifles such as the Chinese-made AK-47 knock-off used by a deranged gunman...
Harvard police Lt. John F. Rooney said yesterday that the two men were caught attempting to steal bicycles from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts...
Meanwhile, conventional car theft has been exploding too. The motives tend to vary from city to city. Newark has a serious problem with joyriders, usually teenagers, who steal cars and perform "doughnuts," in which they lock the brakes, step on the gas, and send the car spinning in circles. Some do it in front of police cars, in the hopes of inspiring a chase. One night last November, three kids stole a new Honda, drove across a side street, hit a bump in the road, took off, sheared a power pole in half, took another pole out and brought...
...quarter of stolen cars end up in chop shops, where they are taken apart and resold for as much as triple their value whole. Two skilled choppers with power tools can cut up a car from hood to trunk in three minutes. The demand is huge: a thief can steal a $10,000 Nissan Sentra, strip it and sell the parts for $20,000 to $25,000. While luxury cars are always tempting, among the most popular cars to steal, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, are: the Pontiac Firebird, Chevrolet Camaro, Mitsubishi Starion, Toyota MR2 and Chrysler Conquest...