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...Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua made the Hawaiian sound, in its perky pop mutation, the hottest "world music" of its time. Nawahi, a showman as much as an artist, aimed to please. He could run through Kitten on the Keys at warp speed, or play Turkey in the Straw on the steel guitar using his foot as the steel...
...manufacturers, faced with the possibility of lawsuits similar to those that have hit the tobacco industry, are cooperating with the government in a campaign to prevent "straw purchases" of firearms...
...addition, the campaign targets gun dealers. Leaflets warn that they risk the same penalties if they go through with a sale knowing, or having reason to suspect, that their customer is buying for someone else. The pamphlets profile typical straw deals and urge dealers to report suspicious characters to 1-800-ATF-GUNS...
...move by Delfay's group, which is underwritten by iconic names such as Colt, Winchester, Ruger, Beretta, Glock and Smith & Wesson, follows a BATF study ("Following the Gun" at www.ATF.Treas.gov) released last month that blames nearly half of black-market guns on "straw purchases...
...might be accused of wink-and-nod profiteering, rank incompetence, or both. The trend is likely to escalate. Since it came online in 1998, the FBI's computerized National Instant Check System has foiled 130,000 gun buys by felons and other disqualified people, and that, says Delfay, "makes straw transactions much more critical...