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TAMALA EDWARDS, a TIME political writer, appears in this week's TIME/MTV Choose or Lose documentary, The Gun Fight, airing on MTV Monday, May 22, at 10:30 p.m. (check local listings) and several later dates. "They couldn't have picked a better time for this," says Edwards of the gun issue. "There's a major battle over gun control brewing in the Senate, which was largely spurred on by the Million Mom March. These forums are important for acquainting younger people with the major political issues of the day." She was also a panelist at a TIME/MTV forum...
...holding pattern for about eight months while the investigation went forward," Thompson says, pointing out that the complaint had been made against Smith many months before the news emerged in the press. That kind of pace, Thompson adds, doesn't exactly point to a desire to jump the gun. At this point, the Army's proactive stance stems primarily from the knowledge that they've got to move on - not because they're sitting in the middle of a public relations minefield, but because they've got an important post just waiting for a permanent appointment. Even if Smith...
...National Rifle Association did something odd last week, even by its standards. Responding to the Million Mom March in Washington for gun control, the N.R.A. presented television and newspaper ads in which its president, Charlton Heston, and an "N.R.A. mom" announced a new challenge program. "We're putting up the first $1 million to put gun-safety education in every classroom," said Heston. The N.R.A. mom added, "That's a million N.R.A. moms challenging a million more moms just like...
...futuristic combat game expected late this year from Bungie, is building buzz for its amazing graphics, rumored to be the most realistic ever. In one exciting sequence, you and your buddies team up to man different posts on a tanklike military transport--one person driving, another at the big gun, a third riding shotgun. Cool...
...burst round fired by its top barrel. A built-in laser range finder tells the round where in flight to explode, giving it the ability to spray lethal shrapnel in all directions, like a hand grenade, as much as half a mile from the shooter. That translates into a gun that can kill enemy soldiers hidden behind walls or in foxholes...