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Perhaps the most promising issue through which we can voice our opinion is gun control. Due to Columbine, as well as far too many other major shootings in the past year, the issue has been placed in the national spotlight. Last summer a significant effort was made in Washington to pass reasonable gun legislation. Sadly, the effort was defeated due to special interests and partisan politics. Gun control is still gaining national attention, and has the potential to be a major issue in the election. A number of organizations have mobilized on the issue, most notably Handgun Control...
...addition, the issue is particularly important to young people. We are the first generation of Americans that has grown up with gun violence. The past twenty years have seen the proliferation of shootings and gun related crime never before experienced in America. We have grown up with guns in the news, in our movies and in our own lives. Through our constant exposure to this horrific reality, we have gained a unique perspective on the issue. In addition, our age group is more affected by gun violence than any other. An average of 14 kids aged 19 years and under...
...vestibule as we were approaching, like he didn't want to be seen...And I'm trying to figure out what's going on. You know--what's this guy up to?...I was getting a little leery, from the training, of my past experience of arrests, involving gun arrests...
Perez also claims to have helped cover up two other unjustified shootings. In one, he says, he watched police plant a gun next to Juan Saldana, 21, whom they had just shot. Perez says the cops delayed calling an ambulance for Saldana while they worked with a supervisor on getting their stories straight. Saldana ended up bleeding to death. In another case, Perez says, police shot at New Year's celebrators who were firing guns into the air at midnight. He says at first he helped pick up the officers' shell casings so they could deny having fired their weapons...
INDICTED. SEAN ("PUFFY") COMBS, 30, rap mogul already indicted for illegal gun possession after a nightclub shooting in New York City; on charges of trying to bribe his driver to claim ownership of the gun...