TITLE

For real gun-control action, watch the states

AUTHOR(S)
Lloyd, Jillian
PUB. DATE
May 1999
SOURCE
Christian Science Monitor;5/28/99, Vol. 91 Issue 128, p3
SOURCE TYPE
Newspaper
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
States that state lawmakers are supporting gun control laws that are more restrictive than those proposed in the United States Congress. Effect of school shootings on gun legislation; The National Rifle Association view of the school tragedies; Comment of John Head, who started a bipartisan gun-control group called Sane Alternatives to the Firearms Epidemic.
ACCESSION #
1877989

Tags: GUN control;  FIREARMS -- Law & legislation;  NATIONAL Rifle Association of America

 

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