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Many of the other candidates both Independents and those endorsed by Convention '75, are considerably less certain about their chances in the election. Stephen D. Buckley, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, says that although he is "hoping for a good showing," he doesn't expect to garner more than 800 of a possible 40,000 votes. A somewhat bitter A. George Catavolo, an Independent, said his chances in the election are slim, even though he feels he is "perfectly qualified" for a position on the school committee. "When you're an idealist...
...holds, and with time running out for Harvard, fair catches a punt on its own 3-yard line. On the last play Kubacki drops back into the end zone to pass, eludes several Yale tacklers, and calmly steps out of the end zone as the gun sounds. William F. Buckley, disguised as a Vassar coed, vainly tries to kick the drum. He is discovered and politely escorted to his car. Harvard...
...proponents of the handgun ban claim it will reduce the availability of handguns and consequently reduce crime, murder, violence, suicide, and fatal accidents. John Buckley, Sheriff of Middlesex County and founder of People vs. Handguns, notes that 54 per cent of all murders are committed with handguns, 33 per cent of all robberies, and 25 per cent of all aggravated assaults. "The key to the issue," Buckley argues, "is that banning handguns will prevent crime before it occurs. If we want to make progress in the area of crime we've got to have prevention...
...This is a very emotional issue," Buckley said earlier this month, "Handguns are phallic symbols and many people feel threatened when you talk about banning them. They feel you're talking about castration...
...really aimed at preventing murders committed by previously law-abiding citizens in a rage of passion during a fight with friends or relatives. If a gun was really not accessible, Backman argues, the murder may not have taken place because a less deadly weapon would have been used. Buckley says, "FBI crime reports show that 72 per cent of all murders are crimes of passon...