TITLE

Lock `N' Lowdown

AUTHOR(S)
McCall, Bruce
PUB. DATE
February 2000
SOURCE
New Yorker;02/07/2000, Vol. 75 Issue 45, p43
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Presents some views concerning gun use in the United States. Anecdotes on gun safety and control; Information on gun-related injuries and incidents; Views of Charlton Heston about guns.
ACCESSION #
2832011

Tags: FIREARMS;  FIREARMS ownership;  HESTON, Charlton, 1923-2008 -- Political & social views

 

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