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...prefer to find the penis attached to it rather than having to root around in vacant lots with Ziploc bag in hand. But I'm not willing to wait another decade or two for gender peace to prevail. And if a fellow insists on using his penis as a weapon, I say that, one way or another, he ought to be swiftly disarmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feminism Confronts Bobbittry | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

Many people believe that they need guns to protect their families. They're wrong. Studies conducted by government agencies and by private organizations have repeatedly found that owning a gun, or any other object whose only use is as a weapon, drastically increases the chance of an accidental or purposeful fatality in your household. By trying to protect your loved ones, you have actually put them in danger...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Time to Ban Handguns | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

Handguns pose a particular threat to society. These small, powerful weapons are easy to buy, easy to pick up, and easy to fire. Some models are prized for their concealability and "stopping power." The fact is, concealing a weapon is a felony, and you can stop someone just as easily with a shotgun. What can you do with a handgun that you can't do with a rifle? You can still hunt with a rifle, join a shooting club, stop a burglar, or even join a revolutionary militia. Perhaps you can't open a drawer and blow a hole...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Time to Ban Handguns | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...elaborate on the original film's story; instead, remake it. Rocky < always fought a guy; Indiana Jones saved yet another buried treasure; the Lethal Weapon lads kept blowing stuff up. Here Cassiel, the second angel, follows Damiel's lead and becomes human, a brand-new Candide. But Wenders actually has a new idea, courtesy of recent history. In Wings of Desire, two angels hovered over divided Berlin, invisibly consoling its citizens. In the sequel, written by Wenders, Ulrich Zieger and Richard Reitinger, angels patrol a Berlin that is politically united but even more fractious -- a city of gangsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Date with an Angel, Take Two | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...protect the "flora and fauna" of Alaska -- after he fulfills his campaign promise to reclaim the 49th U.S. state for Mother Russia. But then he felt compelled to stage an impromptu press conference, at which he "revealed" that Russia's military possesses something called an "Elipton," a weapon of mass destruction more powerful than a nuclear weapon. Asked what in the world his boss could be referring to, Zhirinovsky's top deputy back in Moscow could only stammer: "Elipton . . . Um, well, no, I cannot explain that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello, I Must Be Going | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

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