Show I I r PERSONS N WITH TH I ID I D mt f FOR V Diplomacy and Question Question- Questioning I I ing Save Lives of Those I 1 Who Are Despondent orAre or orAre I I Are Craving Craving Cravin Vengeance I I I T lIE average number of permits permits per- per 1 mits issued to to citizens of Salt Lake to buy revolvers and I ammunition each month is Chester Colborn chief hief clerk inthe in inthe inthe I the chiefs chief's office at the police station has the work in charge and he is said to have s vec many lives by his diplomacy diplomacy diplo diplo- macy i in ih save h han ling eccentric characters who seek deadly weapons Recently a man appeared at his desk and demanded a permit to buy buya a re re- re volver Colborn asked him if he was wasa a citizen of the United States as are I only adults who are citizens can purchase weapons in this city The man displayed dis dis- displayed I played citizenship papers and all his credentials appeared first class His manner was calm but still there was something which made Colborn hesi hesi- tate SAVED GIRLS GIRL'S LIFE As he was debating how he could find out more about the man man an officer of of- fleer approached and informed him that the stranger had tried twice that morning to secure a complaint against a girl who had refused to return a aI diamond ring Further questioning developed developed developed de de- the fact that the man had vowed vengeance Needless to say the permit was refused Colborn will hold an applicant In conversation adroitly pumping him himas I as to what he plans to do with the weapon for which he wishes a permit I Most applicants claim that they want revolvers for home borne protection said Colborn It is is' is hard to understand how there is such a demand for revolvers re revolvers revolvers re- re I in this civilized age Judging from the number of applications applications applications I some homes must be as well protected as far as firearms are concerned concerned concerned con con- as in the days of the Indians From my experience I have reached I the conclusion that a revolver has a fascination for some people and that 80 50 per cent who purchase them do not know how to use them FEW VIOLATIONS The Tho ordinance requiring permits has been in effect since April 3 1917 The merchants are very careful and there has been only about two violations violations viola vlola- of the rule by salesmen during the past year The man who comes I in do this office and makes males a crack like Uke this a permit to buy a revolver revolver re- re I volver I am going to kill myself gets I Ino no satisfaction He may be only jolting Jok- Jok jokI j I ing but butI J find that sometimes the idea which is in a mans man's mind Is often be betrayed betrayed betrayed be- be I to others beC before re he is fully I aware of his own intentions There are few women purchase revolvers Just now an occasional application ap application application ap- ap is made by a woman who fishes to make malce her husband a present of a revolver as a Christmas present It seems to me that a revolver is rather an inappropriate present for Christmas There is something about the possession possession posses posses- sion of a revolver which makes weak characters feel superior to their fellow fellowmen men and their hair trigger temperament temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment is very liable to cause them to I Imen use the weapon when there is ts no occasion occasion occasion oc oc- casion much to their own undoing |