TITLE

Wretchedness Is a Warm Gun

AUTHOR(S)
Lueders, Bill
PUB. DATE
November 1984
SOURCE
Progressive;Nov84, Vol. 48 Issue 11, p50
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Comments on the ease of purchasing a gun in the U.S. underground market. Types and models of guns available; Statistics on gun-related violence; Gun control laws.
ACCESSION #
11023889

Tags: GUN control;  CRIME;  FIREARMS

 

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