Show BAN THE MACHINE GUN GUNS TUIE THE lIE New ew York legislature has hns passed a law putting the sub-machine sub gun favorite weapon of gangland under the ban This law makes it a felony for any person except a p peace ce o officer icer to possess su such h a gun It provides provides provides pro pro- vides that the presence of a machine gun in any dwelling or vehicle is prima facie fade evidence o of guilt upon the part of of- the occupants It is hard to think of any good reason why every other state in the union should not copy this excellent law at once The way in which ih the sale and possession of murderous weapons wea wea- pons polls like sub-machine sub guns which guns which cannot conceivably con con- iva ly be needed by any honest person person has has been Jein p permitted to go on unchecked is nothing less than astonishing A law like this enforced ought to put a crimp in m underworld activities |