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Editorial Firearm3 Control THE ASSASSINATION by shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy was a tragedy in its own right quite apart from the fact that it followed upon the shooting and killing of the Senator's brother, President Kennedy, and the negro civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King. The real irony of the situation is that following the death of President Kennedy his younger brother, Robert, publicly inveighed against the lack of control of firearms, the ease of obtaining them, and the lack of registration of possession. He stated before a Congressional SUb-committee, when fighting for gun control: "It is time we wiped this stain of violence from our land." The killing of the Senator provoked a considerable outcry in the United states regarding the easy availability of firearms, especially by mail order, and the debate was joined between those wishing to restrict and licence possession and those wishing to see freedom of possession preserved. This latter group is well represented by the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) and the National Shooting sports Foundation. Such groups tend to rest their case for the retention of the status quo, in part, on the basis of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution: A http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Editorial

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology , Volume 1 (3): 4 – Sep 1, 1968
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10.1177/000486586800100301
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Firearm3 Control THE ASSASSINATION by shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy was a tragedy in its own right quite apart from the fact that it followed upon the shooting and killing of the Senator's brother, President Kennedy, and the negro civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King. The real irony of the situation is that following the death of President Kennedy his younger brother, Robert, publicly inveighed against the lack of control of firearms, the ease of obtaining them, and the lack of registration of possession. He stated before a Congressional SUb-committee, when fighting for gun control: "It is time we wiped this stain of violence from our land." The killing of the Senator provoked a considerable outcry in the United states regarding the easy availability of firearms, especially by mail order, and the debate was joined between those wishing to restrict and licence possession and those wishing to see freedom of possession preserved. This latter group is well represented by the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) and the National Shooting sports Foundation. Such groups tend to rest their case for the retention of the status quo, in part, on the basis of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution: A

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Published: Sep 1, 1968

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