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Article: HAIR-TRIGGER RATIONALE : AN OBSCURE GUN-CONTROL MEASURE SAILED THROUGH CONGRESS LATE LAST YEAR, TAKING GUNS AWAY FROM MEN AND WOMEN WITH ANY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECORD. WHEN IT WAS APPLIED TO POLICE AND THE MILITARY, HOWEVER, THE SUPPORTERS STARTED MAKING EXCEPTIONS THAT UNDERMINE A LAW THAT SOUNDED BETTER THAN IT IS. LOCAL VIEW.(VIEWPOINT)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- April 13, 1997
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Byline: Fred Romero
IT has long been held that if you allow personal bias to turn a debate away from the facts, good intentions run the risk of getting caught on the slippery slope of unsupported argument. And when the topic under discussion is a hot-button issue like gun control, the downhill slide can reach avalanche proportions.
Turn the heat up a little more with colorful catch phrases such as ``assault weapon,'' ``plastic gun,'' ``cop-killer bullet'' and ``Saturday night special,'' not to mention the wrenching figures offered - albeit somewhat selectively - for the number of people killed and wounded every year by guns, and you have the makings of ...