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America is rocked by social violence, and some people think Hollywood is to blame. They point to the sex and smutty talk, drug use and gun love onscreen. The moguls hide behind a rickety rating system that stokes more fury than it slakes. Church groups attack it as a sham; critics on the left complain that it eviscerates mature films. "The censors have spent all their time protecting children against adult movies," says The Nation. "They might better protect adults against childish movies...
...amazing to me that citizens of the so-called land of the free must live their lives in constant fear of gun violence." ADRIA WINFIELD Timisoara, Romania...
After Barton's killing spree some National Rifle Association members protested that one isolated shooting incident does not justify taking away guns from good, law-abiding citizens. But they miss the point. We don't mind if good, law-abiding citizens keep guns for their self-protection, hunting and total commitment to constitutional rights. But we want to keep guns away from children, criminal lunatics and other undesirable or dangerous elements. Then why would anyone oppose gun control? Tough gun control can benefit all, including the N.R.A. BEN H. KIM Chicago...
...engineer at Northwest Gear, a maker of aircraft parts in Everett, Wash. Then he started drinking. One afternoon, in the depths of that bender, he tried to check himself into Fairfax Psychiatric Hospital. Babbling about having stabbed himself a few days before, he also boasted that he had a gun in his car. When an administrator took his keys and warned him that she would have to call the police, Furrow thrust a black-handled switchblade at her. It took a local cop three warnings at gunpoint before Furrow dropped the knife...
...will be asked repeatedly about your divorce. You will spend hours trying to figure out the difference between a first cousin once removed and a second cousin. You will feign interest in opera, NASCAR and gun collecting. You will, in all probability, have a wonderful time...