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Being a cowboy in the '90s isn't like the movies. While John Wayne spent more time slinging a gun than looking after actual cows, the student cowboys must guard the herd carefully to prevent it from trampling sensitive ecosystems. They also assist in calf-birthing...
...Guns are hot these days - everyone from the President to Moses (or at least the guy who played him on the big screen) has taken to the airwaves, deploring the most recent shootings and pleading their personal brand of sanity and law enforcement. While the NRA seems to be relishing its provocative role in the current confrontation, taking verbal shots at Clinton and the FBI, its presumptive allies, the gun makers, may be less interested in alienating the government. Friday, Smith & Wesson announced it had struck a deal with the feds; the gun giant agreed to implement safety devices...
...surprisingly, President Clinton is happy to claim some credit for Smith & Wesson's decision. "The White House is saying the deal was forced in part by their threats to join the existing lawsuits against gun makers," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. Now that the nation's largest gun manufacturer has joined Colt in a deal with the government, will other, smaller gun makers head to Washington as well, ready to cut a bargain? "It's quite possible," says Branegan. This spirit of compromise won't sit well with the NRA, whose position has only grown more stringent over...
...grand theft auto--should it arise. Like any other police agents, they attend a six-month training school where they learn the intricacies of criminal law, first aid, CPR, court procedures, self-defense, patrol procedure and firearm training. Think police academy, but without Proctor. Each officer packs a gun, along with other implements of destruction like batons and mace, for stunning even the most rabid pre-med intent on stealing a little nitrous after a chem final...
Diallo was shot 19 times last year by four New York City police officers while standing in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment. Last month, the officers--who said they mistook a wallet Diallo was holding for a gun--were acquitted of second degree murder charges in connection with the death...