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...Mitch have a penchant for violent video games? Gretchen Woodard says the family couldn't afford them. As for marksmanship, she says, real guns are barred from the household. She acknowledges, however, that both Mitch and Monte had hunter-education cards and BB guns. "We don't need to paint a rosy picture of Mitch. He knew right from wrong," says Woodard. She adds, "His punishment will be knowing what he has done and having to live with it." She must now learn to live without her son. And so must his half-sister Jessie, 2. Says their mother...
...explanation, the macho little-boy equivalent of the dolled-up kindergarten beauty queen. Frontiersboy Drew learned to bait hooks and scope out prey with his father and grandfather, developing a taste for the chili cooked up after a successful deer hunt. He had a keen eye, improving his marksmanship at a shooting range and his reflexes at the video consoles of Wal-Mart and the local bowling alley. "He played video games with guns," says his grandfather Doug Golden, standing off a dining room framed by deer antlers and a vast gun collection. "There's no limit...
...Tribune reporters used the Internet to legally purchase an army-issue M-1 assault rifle without registration or background checks, from a member of the Civilian Marksmanship Program ? an official program privatized in 1994. While the CMP requires registration, background checks and proof of marksmanship training before delivering weapons to members of the public, it does not regulate the resale of those weapons. As many as 500,000 weapons have been sold to the public under the program since 1921, and the military has earmarked a further 373,000 for release in the near future. Which may bring a growing...
...Walker, the beauty of each scene and of the language shines through even when the action's technical details are unclear. "It can be impossible to understand what's going on," acknowledged Walker, referring to a confusing description of Odysseus' marksmanship demonstration--a passage that nonetheless easily reaches a high level of suspense and drama...
...plot of "Star Wars": Yes, a moment's reflection will reveal many holes, and Lucas sometimes relies on shamelessly expositional dialogue. At times, I thought the entire movie was held together not by the Force, but rather by the utter ineptitude and poor marksmanship of the Storm Troopers. However, the plot of "Star Wars" is in fact what separates it from its imitators. Lucas creates an entire universe akin to Tolkien's Middle-Earth or even William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County. But unlike these two creators, Lucas builds his universe with broad strokes, providing a comprehensive visual and narrative world...