TITLE

Shooters aren't sexy

AUTHOR(S)

Squires, Peter

PUB. DATE

September 1996

SOURCE

New Statesman;9/27/96, Vol. 125 Issue 4303, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Comments on the Cullen report on the Dunblane massacre and its implications for the contested issue of gun control and ownership of handguns in Great Britain. Recommendations of the report regarding handguns; Need for gun control initiatives to be accompanied by an assault on the pervasive gun culture; Inadequacy of licensing systems in controlling guns and gun use for illegal purposes.

ACCESSION #

9610173923

Tags: GUN control;  FIREARMS ownership;  MASSACRES

 

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