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- Operators aim to scuttle Tenn. concealed-gun law. Elan, Elissa // Nation's Restaurant News;7/27/2009, Vol. 43 Issue 27, p4
The article reports on the possible effects of a legislation allowing guns into restaurants in Tennessee. It says that the law allows gun owners to carry concealed firearms inside restaurants that serve alcohol, but also allows restaurant owners to post signs that ban guns from their premises....
- Guns-r-us culture in Cambodia slowly yields to rule of law. Cohen, Yvan // Christian Science Monitor;3/6/97, Vol. 89 Issue 69, p6
Reports that in Cambodia arming oneself with a gun is such an integral part of life that it has filtered into the tourist trade. Cost to a tourist wanting to fire authentic weapons; Examples of weapons that can be used by tourists; Evidence of Cambodia's gun-toting culture; Comments from a...
- Arms and the woman. Horowitz, Joy // Harper's Bazaar;Feb94, Issue 3387, p166
Focuses on gun ownership by women. History; Statistical information; Control; Data on residential gunshot deaths.
- The fallacy of keeping a gun for protection. // Medical Update;Jan94, Vol. 17 Issue 7, p5
Details results of a study published in a 1993 issue of `The New England Journal of Medicine' which showed that the risk of homicide increased in homes where a gun is kept. Absence of proof that gun ownership in the home provides protection.
- Public health pot shots. Kates, Don B.; Schaffer, Henry E. // Reason;Apr97, Vol. 28 Issue 11, p24
Presents information on the research studies funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on reducing lawful firearms ownership in America. How the Congress reduced the budgetary terms for CDC; Persistent criticisms on the CDC's gun research by state legislators; Views of...
- Canada's $1 Billion Gun Registration Train Wreck. // Outdoor Life;Apr2003, Vol. 210 Issue 3, p23
Criticizes the costs incurred by the gun registration program of Canada.
- Doctors may have to countersign gun applications. Warden, John // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);8/17/96, Vol. 313 Issue 7054, p379
Reports on the proposal to appoint physicians as countersignatories in applications for firearms ownership in Great Britain. Incident about a mentally imbalanced person who shot 16 children and a teacher in a primary school; Need to prevent similar violent incidences; Proper psychological...
- Most homes armed. Edmondson, Brad // American Demographics;Oct94, Vol. 16 Issue 10, p19
Reports on a survey of the percentage of Americans who have access to firearms. Comparison of the percentage of people who have a gun at home in 1993 with data in 1959; Reason for increase in gun ownership; Increase in proportion of Americans who have installed special locks from 1981 to 1993.
- Gun ownership holding steady. Taylor, Humphrey // Indianapolis Business Journal;09/02/96, Vol. 17 Issue 24, p9B
Opinion. Comments on gun ownership. Statistics; Percentage changes; Demographics.
