The Dallas Post
Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 12, 1992 * 5 |
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Right to a gun is not found in Constitution |
By J.W. JOHNSON
Have you been following the
recent controversy over the Bos-
ton banning of the so-called “Super
Soaker” water gun?
threatening conversation in this
country without it being “shooting
the bull.” And, uh, lest I be ac-
cused of “going off half cocked” or
“shooting from the hip”, read on...
Perhaps because of, and cer-
confrontations actually occur. It s | 1
because crimes of passion and |
crimes with criminal intent gener- |
ally involved vastly different Ssjsof
circumstances. g |
It also seems that anti- coritrol
al 3 \ 0 It seems that the Mayor of Bos- tainly despite of our so-called en- advocates have little faith in our |
1e 2! +] ton (he claims to have only dis- tertainment being filled with in- constitution as a whole to keep
Se : couraged promotion of the toy) has credible violence, the real killing this nation strong and free; in-
e ye banned the sale of these weapons continues, particularly among the stead relying on a deliberate mis-
1- E, h in the city of Boston, following the young. Yetattemptingtocurbsuch interpretation ofits Second Amend- |
0 0 . death of a child there. violence receives only lip service ment as a foundation for anti- | i
Ic ; It also seems that the death until a famous person is involved, control views. wile |
{ came after a child had ‘soaked’ an i.e., former press secretary, James The constitution does not, in §
Is 4 adult with one of so-called ‘toys’, Brady, injured during an assassi- fact, categorically and automati- |
S 2 (A | whereupon the adult went home, nation attempt on former Presi- cally give every citizen the right to |
) g p 4 Zl retrieved a real weapon, shooting dent Ronald Reagan, or when a be a vigilante committee of one.
4 : 3 (= the boy and killing him. iamous personality such as Beatle The Second Amendment, when |
2 B / Hedi The toy has also been used by John Lennon is gunned down. read in its entirety, and wien k
some children when it was filled In discussing death by weapon, placed in the context of the consti- | |
’e 3 with bleach, and has blinded some a distinction needs to be made tutional debates at the time, has 1
ls 2 ning [Gy children...well, then, of course it between the types of crimes in- absolutely nothing, repeat noth- |
5 i il should be banned, right? volved: crimes of passion and ing todo with private ownership of |
i : oN —Item: During the years 1979- crimes against persons and prop- guns. The amendment reads: |
's 2» 7 Dp 1987, handguns were involved in erty. “A well regulated militia, being |
's = 4 2 an average of 9,200 murders, Legislation could help in the necessary to the security of a free
€ ! 12,100 rapes, 210,000 robberies former case. Words would not help state, the right of the people tol
y and 407,600 assaultseachofthose in the latter. Murder is already keep and bear arms shall not be
L- \ years. against the law. infringed. » ~
3 . —Item: On an average day, 10 However, anti-gun control ad- Clearly, the writers of this |
| | b Ii 2 ry ne WS children, 18 and under, are killed vocates argue that control legisla- amendment were preserving a
with handguns. tion attempts to manage inani- collective right, not an individual §
—Item: In 1988, 62 of the 78law mate objects (guns) instead of right. A review of the debate at fe |
. . enforcement officers slain in the animate acts (persons using guns) time reveals no doubt that tl
The Library has become computerized imcorauyverckiidvit hand: Thats a vaiid argument, Pas- premiscbehind the Second Amend.
od th2 Built is IL desired . gy guns, _ sageofstiff, mandatory sentences ment was fear that individaul states
io "By NANCY KOZEMCHAK n ) o it, esigne to make ~ “Decked” by Carol Higgins Clark Item: An estimated 200 million for gun use in the commission of would be at the mercy of a federal
i | fare ng as user-friendly and at js a mystery that debuts Regan firearms are in the possession of any crime is long overdue. army; hence the assertion of states’
h The Back Mountain Memorial oie ime as powerful as pos- Reilly, a female detective, who is private citizens in the United In the final analysis, use of the rights to mount its own army. That |
g _ Library is proud to announce that SIb'€. The LePac automation refer- back in Oxford for the 10th reun- States. Some 60 to 70 million of weapon is the primary issue. Anti- concept evolved into Natinal §
of .“we have received the Memorex free manual is with the computer jon of her Junior Year Abroad at these weapons are handguns. control advocates are correct that Guards and, at the local levels,
“Telex computer through the joint 0% 5d gaionl help. ; St. Polycarp’s. A dead body turns Shouldn't the sheer weight of some criminals will always obtain constables, sheriffs and ce |
Te "effort of the Luzerne County Li- lik e p i Union Catalog is up under the bushes, anoldroom- this mean a ban of at least hand- and use guns. That's because a departments...all for the security |
“brary System, which is the CD 1 8 oar catalog on screen, only mate of Regan'’s. : guns? criminal's intent is to commit a of a free state. 1
e ., Rom Union Catalog. re faster, The Hnion Canale Ti Locking For Leo” by Gloria Nagy Bi Jeed only look at our mor- crime using deadly force. ; Anti-control advocates consis- |
in (i 2in May of 1991, we sent our gape to iB it the i nthe t : is the story of Lindy Lampi, a world- : oa SWInEI the peftevied glory However, the corresponding tently torture the meaning of this |
ts re shelf list to BroDart for the It js here for the patrons t ey by. weary veleran oi a Beverly Hills il oe e Se Gulf argument that handgun control amendment by only reading and
ts conversion of the district libraries The'end of rr aaon 2 wn childhood who is facing one of the or gifory 0 D hisy ill be. diff ‘Would then disarm the law abid- asserting its second phrase. As
S, into the CD Union Catalog. The program will be held i hi TH biggest challenges of her life. Her ou ; Sibi ly evident in our ing, and allow criminals to run. well, the U.S. Supreme Court has {
1- system is ready to use and is a dren's room at the Sh : Sh little girl, Tess, is ill, confined to a Sang h is nation is so wrapped loose upon a helpless citizenry, is ruled on several occasions that the |
e scgreat information source for the day Aug. 14 from 1 t fs hosital bed and needs a bone- up Ih Me ents] SAVaY of force invalid because (he vast majorly - Second Amendment does, got
s | olibrary and the patrons. The com afitrnoon, The party is for the li. marrow transplant backed by weaponry that our very {more than 90 percent) of deaths guarantee individual rights togun |
I. puter has the records of all the 10 pry readin > Darly 32 i or b anguage Is Hisred with yerbal which occur as the result of hand- ownership. |
to 0; libraries in the County district pic en 2 tea elym- “Kelly Park” by Jean Stubbs shell opsings We teRyation riddled gun ‘use result from crimes of Now if anti-control advocates
n- nl risystem on it and each author, title = The 2] Club has feos) d introduces us to Flavia Pollard, see W at L meaty with the idea of passion or accidents, not defense vant to assert the right of individ-
is (;or subject you call up will direct selection of new ay 2 chef-patronne of an acclaimed might equals right. against a criminal. ual gun ownership as a matter of |
st i-iyou to the availability of the par- shelf as follows: “So 1) bistro south of the Thames—buta Just listen to our militaristic In fact, and because of easily state, local or federallaw, that'san |
ticular item and where it can be Grave” bv Dell shan fry 10 ID€ pistro now closing its doors. Her national anthem, and its recent available and concealable hand- entirely different question...aqtres- |
¢ »2found. tery Sh Ee Hon = 2 hye life thus far has been a malange of stint in the top 20 pop and coaniry guns, our society has far more of tion which can be addressed imrthe |
i iy Color ia lotels iso oo wa satisfaction and disappointment; music charts following the Gulf its law abiding loved ones murder- political process, the proper forum
9 “ We are using the standalone {i D Voi : P etec- her career as a successful restau- War. ing other law abiding loved ones for such debate.
¥ public access catalog, Le Pacwhich ve Dan Valentine to uncover a 54¢ owner has given her wondre- Or how about our entire sports that it does criminals murdering But, please, do not seek ee
give patrons fast, easy access Stange lethal pattern among ¢ fulfillment, but her soul has mentality, when we're either law abiding citizens. And it's not in the Second Amendment for an |
Be library's catalog. The system JOSephine’s former patients. A peep wounded by a ruling hus- ‘throwing the long bomb” or “ri- because the criminal fears death individual right of gun ownership. |
oe standard features Story with snowballing tension. band. fling” singles to center field. We at the hands of a gun wielding That right simply isn't there. It]
; can't even have a casual, non- -itizen that few citizen/criminal 1ever was. Ja
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