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Article: National Campaign Launches Website to Persuade Newspapers to Stop Taking Classified Ads for Guns From Unlicensed Sellers; You've Heard of the Gun Show Loophole: What About the Newspaper Gun Ad Loophole?
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- PR Newswire
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- December 14, 2002
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CHICAGO -- CHICAGO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Do American newspapers allow the unregulated sales of guns through classified advertising? You bet. That is why the National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Gun Loophole launched http://www.gunloophole.com/ on December 14th.
"Most Americans don't know that criminals, the mentally ill, and even terrorists can easily buy guns through newspaper classifieds," according to John Johnson, chair of the national campaign. "Our website explains this threat to public safety and what can be done about it. Newspapers can play a role in reducing gun violence by simply not permitting the sale of guns between unchecked parties ...