Show Why Not THERE THERE will be a lot of good old fashioned 1 American squawking about Attorn Attorney y General General Gen Gen- eral Homer Cummings' Cummings newest But getting getting getting get get- ting right down to the grass roots why should there be I do not think the present present federal firearms firearms firearms fire fire- arms law by any means goes far enough he told reporters at a press conference While progress has been made under the new law law which requires registration of machine guns submachine guns and sawed off rifles and shotguns shot shot- guns guns it it is not as drastic or as helpful as the department needed The present act does docs not touch revolvers and pistols It is h hard rd to think thin of any good reason w why y the act should not be amended as lv Mr r. r Cummings Cummings Cummings Cum Cum- suggests The time when the ordinary man needed to carry a revolver about his daily errands has passed Why not compel the man who owns such a weapon to register it and it-and and make it hot for him if he fails to There may be some annoyance and inconvenience inconvenience inconvenience incon incon- involved in such registration and even evena a fee to cover administrative costs Neither however is of high importance when account accountis is taken of the death toll of bandits and small fry criminals who ho keep pocket weapons handy Prohibition of pistols and revolvers would not work any better than other forms of prohibition we have found to be pretty dismal failures Reg Registration might bring desirable results if not all aU- that would be hoped for As a matter of fact the government has issued no statements regarding the registration of machine guns submachine submachine submachine sub sub- machine guns and sawed-off sawed rifles and shot shot- guns It is perhaps true that some of our better better better bet bet- ter known outlaws have neglected to register register register regis regis- ter their arsenals but law abiding citizens I rushed to put their weapons on record when the new law became effective The attorney general general general gen gen- eral can claim that much progress but he might have trouble in determining the amount of crime that has been plowed under by the registration registration registration regis regis- requirement |