| Limit Ammunition To Control Hand Guns
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| | the proposal to ban ammunition. "Several
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| April 30, 1975
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| | hundred thousand" replies have flooded
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| Those who would ban hand guns might well
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| | in.
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| consider the old riddle: "Which comes
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| | Eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court may
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| first, the chicken or the egg?"
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| | decide the issue.
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| A few cities have adopted legislation
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| | While hand guns can be manufactured and
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| prohibiting pistols, revolvers and the
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| | smuggled easily, the production of
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| so-called "Saturday Night Specials" in a
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| | bullet-quality gunpowder requires highly
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| effort to halt the soaring crime rate.
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| | developed technology.
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| So far, the effort has been like trying
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| | In addition, the manufacture of a shell
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| to empty the ocean with a tea spoon. The
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| | casing requires a large, expensive,
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| next town over sells cheap weapons, and
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| | highly accurate stamping press. Only a
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| no questions asked.
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| | very few factories, in the United States
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| Congress, therefore, seems about ready to
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| | are capable of making primer shells which
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| consider the controversial proposal
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| | sportsmen sometimes fill with
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| seriously. Certainly only a nation-wide
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| | commercially manufactured gunpowder.
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| ban has any chance to be effective.
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| | In short, there are only a few sources of
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| I support hand gun legislation, but
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| | supply for powder and shells. The supply
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| oppose attempts to curtail shoulder guns.
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| | should be relatively easy to regulate.
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| Pocket guns, capable of being concealed,
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| | Cut off the supply of ammunition, and
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| are short range weapons of surprise and
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| | hand guns will rust into quaint
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| vengeance. Rifles, however, are carried
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| | souvenirs.
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| openly. They are useful for sport and
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| | Rifle-calibre ammunition could continue
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| defense against armies of invasion.
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| | to be made available readily in hardware
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| Gun control is impractical simply because
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| | and sports stores.
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| of the ease with which hand guns can be
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| | Revolver-calibre cartridges, however,
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| built, transported and concealed.
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| | could be furnished only to the military
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| Which brings us to the chicken and egg
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| | and law enforcement authorities. Those
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| puzzle.
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| | with a legitimate need for revolver
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| Exactly three years ago in this column, I
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| | shells for their freely-owned - but
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| suggested that we give up trying to limit
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| | registered - hand guns would have to
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| the gun and approach the problem through
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| | obtain them from the police after
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| the more vulnerable route of ammunition.
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| | positive identification and finger
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| Gun control advocates dismissed the idea
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| | printing. Purchases might be limited to
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| as "simplistic." The late Congressman
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| | five shells, and empty shells could be
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| Frank Bow circulated the column to a few
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| | returned for replacement.
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| gun-control legislators but got an
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| | Thus, those citizens genuinely needing a
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| indifferent reaction.
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| | hand gun for protection or other
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| Now comes an Illinois citizens' group
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| | legitimate needs would not be denied an
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| called the Committee for Handgun Control,
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| | "equalizer".
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| Inc., which is seeking to force the US.
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| | Criminals, of course, would still obtain
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| Government to ban the sale of hand gun
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| | both pistols and ammunition from abroad
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| ammunition as a means of controlling
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| | or from other criminal sources. Yet, we
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| cheap hand guns.
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| | must try to control hand guns SENSIBLY
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| The group has petitioned the new federal
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| | even if the odds are as hopeless as they
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| Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban
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| | seem to be.
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| ammunition on grounds it is hazardous,
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| | In controlling hand guns we must be
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| and that the commission has jurisdiction
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| | careful that we don't simply disarm the
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| over hazardous substances.
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| | citizen while leaving weapons in the
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| This is the hand gun committee's second
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| | hands of gangsters.
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| attempt to force the commission. A year
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| | Also, we must not abrogate our
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| ago the commission ruled that banning
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| | constitutional right to "keep and bear
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| ammunition would amount to a "back door"
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| | arms." The way the world is going these
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| ban on hand guns, a direct violation of
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| | days, this right may not be as obsolete
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| law that established the commission.
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| | and academic as the gun control
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| Nevertheless the hand gun committee has
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| | enthusiasts would have us believe.
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| won a court suit requiring the commission
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| | Ammunition is the weak link in the chain
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| to reconsider, which it is now doing.
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| | of fire-arm use. Break it and we stop
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| Two months ago the product safety
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| | wanton shooting by citizens and criminal
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| commission asked the public to comment on
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| | alike.
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