The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 09, 1975, Page Page 15, Image 15

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Bicycle Center of Columbia 746 Harden Street (at Green) 799-3382 Before the West ever . .aw the Anoon .: Cowboy ... Winterhawk - had beooe a Beakfoot . Legend. STA RTS FRIDAY! LATE SHOWS FRI FSAT 11:15 JACK "THE LAST NICHOLSON in DETAIL" s'J -xx.,- X. .... ... LJS =.. NE m ORm WEEK TOM(.BILLY JACK) LAUGHLIN IS... He feught lk an aramy and lived like a legend Starring RON O'NEAL Star oef SUPERFL~Y ri. & Sat. 11:15 The Rolling Stoneg "SIMME SH2ELTER" P WeK8K's Edne4h*t S P.O. 1%x 4619 Cob Women's Educational Ser non-profit agency that 0 Free Pregnancy T 0 Problem Pregnanc 0 Free Abortion Re( * Contraceptive Clin - Family Planning If you're a woman and need Women's Educational Services smeone who cares. The number t The year' is -! a future you'll probably li _N an R rated, rather kinky tal LO/Jaf .....'A BOY AND HI1 DON JOHNSON - SUSANNE BENTO -tWp., JASON ROBAnRDS HELD 3rd Big Weq OVER Strawberr The Belted Movement forward, side.. .a design that's exclusivel PAT BARRON. This wrap dress sleeves is making news in calico of France. With matching trians size for all, ($62.). Shown In bro beige, orange and purple, or inl in longer sleeves. From our Mol SCollection. i 9 Letters 9 90CFrom Page 14 W8&lSC. Restrict sale rices is a ofhandguns offers: offers:TO THE EDITOR: bsngWhy are George E. Stuart IV sUngand Lee Muller and Lord-: V Counseling knows-how-many others brrals allowed to foam at the mouth so freely 'on the subject of gun Cs control? The issue deserves some sober thought, especially if it's going to appear in print, assistance cal and sobriety is the last charge to talk It you would think of leveling at o call is 779-355. most of the participants in this debate. On page 11 of my'little red Constitution, Article 11 of the 1 )0 4 Bill of Rights reads thus: "A well regulated Militia, being we to see. necessary to the security of a .. ...free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." But the colonial militia is dead. In its place, largely because of the size of the 4 4 country and the structure of the armed forces, we have reserves and National Guardsmen. Neither my father nor my grandfather were ever roused (j]~ out of sleep and urged to grab their muskets and assemble on the commons. o rval Instead, the modern right to bear arms is guarded as a way DOG'of protection from society's I..ALVY MOORE riffraff. The Bronx drugstore Tachigcolor -? owner keeps a gun under the counter in case someone walks lk in off the street and aims AT: 2:40 another gun, possibly the same >:0es:05 make and model, at him. I think any clear thinking in 7:4 -9:0 divi dual would see the ridiculousness of the situation: we keep and bear arms to protect ourselves not from invading forces but from each other. And there are further com plications. That drugstore nowner may never have oc casion to shoot a stranger, but when he gets into an argument Richcand Mall with rhis brother-in-law, who Dutch Square Mall knocks over the potato chip 'Patch, Downtown rack and lunges at him, the man is going to react. (It has been proven statistically that most violent crimes are crimes of passion, against family iotography by scheper members or friends.) The gun could be--and often is--too handy. What might have been an even-odds fist fight could lead to a conviction on in fen Statry thnight spec. Lieple tokeandu oearrs Liense eve the buer ofth coullts. Po testructeof gun amedt aore wh has yeseve oand tna Govrdsment' Neeite to shooter gnrm Silan eously,wee eve sriue Smoutofseent inded ithera judircmuke and ssyems.o tandadizoall criina punished,the andernv repeteto tobe srved itouroation.a Clea prthecellofnh oeshoity' canr theves an whitercolla couriinas whomenbe better intei t h el wifthi stroatondams oursfromapoghrs gund posil thei same withcap awbake and ired atill.I escr,oetheinn ecle ahnin pay uns, black,lousneis o the ta ion:s ues an alswen mepadbeart should. invainfully, but grndche Ile Youowill m never seav un. casionTosoo a srager,Obut