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When the founding fathers of this i its citizens with the "right to bear i was to have a citizen's militia that v defend itself in the event of an Tn/lciif Aiit* A- ? J ? - A iuuaj , uui LUUIU1 y I5? quilt: UUC(jliai( the various armed services, b< national. However, the meaning o bear arms" has been twisted ar< terpreted as saying that we shot protect ourselves from each other. This was certainly not the intent stitution's authors, and if they coul that has developed since then, tin scrapped the provision altogether, indeed entitled to protect their home but such protection can be easily with rifles. Nobody really NEEDS It is estimated that there are al handguns floating around the Unit* more being manufactured and sold ? only way to substantially curtail crimes committed with handguns i entirely. Anyone possessing a handg it into the police, and the governm< reimburse each citizen for the cost c turned in. This is the only measure that woul< keeping handguns out of hands of emphasize handguns, because t weapons most often used in armed difficult, to say the least, for someon< bank with a shotgun or rifle with some attention. But it is most easy person to conceal a handgun until it i Gamecock 1 J proviues se For the past week, The Gameco faculty opinion survey. The three r deal with opinions on quality of < administration and faculty unioniz In an effort to be as scientific a volves interviewing 300 members of practicality and expediency, the i aucted by telephone. Thus far, the positive, and the faculty members h quite cooperative in expressing th< However, there have been a coup] have reacted very negatively to the: inconvenience and an intrusion. To we offer our apologies, but the int provide some kind of service to th To our knowledge, a survey of th taken by The Gamecock. Oh. there 1 in-the-street type opinion polls, but of accurate index as to what opin particular matter. Perhaps it is tY unrealiable surveys that has led s appraoch our present survey with a we would like to point out this is a interviewing 300 of the approximate at the University, and those select* chosen at random from the facult people interveiwed will be identific In any event, the results of this registration issue of The Gamecock < would like to thank the faculty merr cooperative and supportive of our efl service that a campus newspaper f The Game STFPMFH I W1 Ktfttor MARGUERITE RYAN LINDA FUNAIOLE DREXEL BALI . Associate tfdfters Sports Editor THE GAMECOCK welcomes letters from reactors. I subject and a maximum of 300 words. They must tw Pseudonyms or other aliases will not be used, but l circumstances warrant. To assist us in verifying It your mailing address and a telephone number wheri right to edit all letters, rvot for rontant, but to m ^ Op in ion, Prewar A USC. Columbia, SC S ;uns shou] nation provided *rms," the idea ^ vould be able to enemy attack. ;ly protected bv / / 3th state and / y^sBJP f "the right to ./ y^ra|pF% )und to be in- j / ild be able to I iSHgr / ion of the Con- I / d see the mess \ IB3SF / sy would have \ IBgW / The public is \ ]WK/ s and property, \\jM/ accomplished j a handgun. \nllt millinti /v/ub -?V 1111U1U1I X. kJ States, with ??, every day. The murders and s to ban them ;un should turn ent would then if the handguns i come close to criminals. We be used. ' hey are the In banning all handguns we w< felonies. It is down on killings committed in tt b to walk into a crime, but also killings that aris out attracting famiiw Q JkMAftBAAjr uiopuvco. r for the same Of the 421 murders reported ii is time for it to last year, 152 of these involved ow poll phe GaI rvice * * *v ^ m ? i ne i^utenburg J ck has been conducting a najor areas of questioning ? education, the University 'M* s possible, the survey inthe faculty. For reasons of Satlre b ? Hope interviews are being con- contributing Editor i response has been most ave for the most part been Scene: The hulk of a on< eir opinions. Time: Suddenly last we le of faculty members who Dramatis Personae: Wh survey, saying that it is an tne tew who feel this way !IMC?11:?Reagai ention of our survey is to "^hwiLker " y?U e University. 4eah wiper. Listen. I lis nature has never been picked you for one reason,? lave been numerous man- ?is that a cliche, Gover these never offer any sort "Dammit, quit calling n ions are really held on a damn well the name is T le memory of these past, "Right, Tex." ome faculty members to "Okay. How are we goin* i bit of skepticism. Again, " a Lhrc? rcicuuiic survey, we are strange bedfellows-^"USI ;'y ?.20? fa,culty members ..D(fes that mean-?" id to be interviewed were "NO'" y directory. None of the thought you had som id in the survey. do, I do?but not that survey will appear in the "Schweiker, not Sch 3n September 2. Again, we means?" ibers who have been most "Maybe that's why I call forts to provide the kind of scheisskopf." should provide. "Because I m a liberal. F "But don t you see the I 1 ^ liberal anymore. You're v, !COCK . "Right, Tax." "You better believe it. V 4 not wait a minute. That's DEBBIE HOWARD "Kight, TeX." itn.* "Better. Swiggit, if we c on our side, we can achieve BOB KING goal." a"You mean, to be consii .etters should to* limited to sintHo ^0. We Cfln find OUt h( r signed with ttte writer's true narv^e. age." # "And that governor dow identity <X writers, plats* include t you c#? toe r??ched. We reterve tto* Edwards. Hell, all we ?*t ow sp*ce iimitottans. AddresB-. oral surgery on the Wh 21 / Thursday." Id be hi y7 fflWflB' 'IHtnnniiiini BHHMHBRHHMMN ? * shooting anoth )uld not only cut premeditated, le act of another resulting fron >e as a result of quarrel. Had t purpose of "pr< i South Carolina accessible, a g e family member probably be al necock VU. W IVl Experiment eiker, not Set "Does th making str "Swithin, :e vivid MGM movie lot problem. Y< ek who belon at? religious gi dition of hut 1, I think?" latest Pieri think, Sweegert." know your you're a po just want you to know I You can sp ind one reason only." nothing in l nor?" presidentia ne Governor. You know "Like Ni: >x." "Exactly "And car I to present ourselves as "Better t w of the dice, the luck of Nader case ness of politics making "And now conservativ "In the w yourself a i e ulterior motive." "nvoat r VJ? * VMV. V t way, Scheisskopf." "As long eisskopf. Scheisskopf coat." "Am I r< led you Scheisskopf, you presidency' "Cut it oi "But real >eauty of it? You're not heartbeat fi 'ith me." "Only if I 4 4 R if f nnt UUl Jl L?1 Ite'll tax those welfare? a heartbeat Tex. TEX." "If youlil active part an get Strom Thurmond "Oh, I w< i a grown man's greatest "Do you h cranium?" iered statesmen?" "What?" >w to grow hair at that "You kn< voters won n there?" Eagleton?" gotta do is promise free "No, but ite House lawn every "For wha "For agn aimed I w " 0 er. Many of these murders were not but were instead crimes of passion 1 a heated argument or family ne gun that was purchased for the )tecting the home" not been so easily ood number of these victims would ive today. , ......I 4 teisskopf9 is mean the same thing about politics ^ ange bedfellows?" cut it out. Look here, that's your ou're a healthv. heterosexual Amprir>nn igs to some obscure Pennsylvania oup. You care about the general connan beings around you. You dress in the e Cardin suits and Gucci loafers. You ass from a hole in the ground. Striker, ditical novie. That's why you need me. end four or eight years doing absolutely the Senate and all of a sudden become 1 timber." icon in 1960." t? i I find an Alger Hiss?" g ban that. We'll put you on the Ralph ( >> ' that I'm not a liberal anymore, can I be e?" orst sense of the word. Feel free to call reactionary." ?an I make tapes for posterity?" as your wife wears a Republican cloth jally only a heartbeat away from the >?? iit." ly. Let's get to basics. Am I really only a rom the presidency?" g they let Charles Manson out." i go around, you know, thinking I'm only away from the presidency, can't I?" Ice. It's fine with me Just Hnn't tnko o? w v?v? v vMnv uii in that heartbeat dying off." )n't, I won't." ave any deep secrets cobwebbed in your 3W anything about yourself that the 1't like? Have you ever pulled an I am under Dsvchiatrir troatmpnt " it?" ' " $g seing to be your running mate."