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Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer, and notwithstanding any license obtained by him under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty, carries on his person a firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded, in any building or on the grounds of any college or university without the written authorization of the board or officer in charge of said college or university shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both. For the purpose of this paragraph "firearm" shall mean any pistol, revolver, rifle...
...House and Senate versions of the legislation. The final bill should be ready for the President's signature by next month. Even so, many advocates of tighter gun laws are disappointed that the present bill omits the two principles that Bobby Kennedy had sought: 1) that every firearm in the U.S. be registered, and 2) that every gun owner be required to seek a federal license. It may take another act of horror to push really effective gun curbs through Congress...
...letter addressed to N.R.A. members from the office of President Glassen, dated June 14, 1968, in which he urges "sportsmen of America" to express their views without delay to their Senators and Congressmen. Glassen further states that the ultimate goal of said gun legislation is complete abolition of civilian firearm ownership...
...right of an honest American to own a firearm for self-defense, oldest of all human rights, is more important than the life of any leader who ever lived...
...requests for firearm permits under the law, 1,600 have been denied. A number of the refusals are being appealed. In addition, the state supreme court is hearing two challenges to the law's constitutionality. In one, the Monmouth County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is contesting a provision that makes membership in a "subversive" organization grounds for denying an I.D. card or a purchase permit. In the other, the law is being questioned on the grounds that it abridges the right to bear arms and interferes with interstate commerce...