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Show measure which in the long run would simply make it easier for criminals crim-inals to carry on their work. " . The right of individual initiative and freedom from unnecessary unneces-sary restraint is inborn in every American citizen. For some time there has been an effort made to prohibit the ownership of small arms although the second amendment of the Constitution of the United Un-ited States says: "The right of the, people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed-" , Target practice and good marksmanship has been part of the life of the normal American boy. Legislation to prohibit this on the theory that it would reduce crime, is a mistake, for the criminal would still get his guns from resources outside the United States. As a matter of fact, most of the worst crimes are not committed with a gun. Hatchets, "axes, clubs, knives and other instruments Lake a greater toll. In their honest desire to bring about law enforcement in this country, it is a question of whether the people will hastily adopt a THE RIGHT "TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" I fie UiiiU-d Sl;iles h;is been criticized a country of freak laws Our people may go wron; occasionally through lack of information or rni'iund'-r;landing on a qucrilion of public interest, but in the long run they think ulraiht and act jitrai;;hl, and the best evidence of thin fact in the 150 years of growth and prosperity which our nation f)-i8 enjoyed. |
