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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 2000
Page
6
A Chicago AP report notes a study showing murder and self-harm deaths did not decline faster in states that strengthened handgun laws to comply with the 1994 Brady Act. The article also notes further details follow.
A Journal of the American Medical Association report finds fewer people aged 55 and older used guns to kill themselves after the Brady Act took effect. The AMA backs the act while the NRA questions its impact on crime. The piece notes 9,368 lives saved 1994 to 1998 per the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence led by Sarah Brady, wife of James Brady.
On this date in 1876 Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead during a Deadwood poker game. In 1921 Enrico Caruso died in Naples Italy. In 1923 Warren G Harding died in San Francisco. In 1934 Paul von Hindenburg died paving the way for Hitler.
A reader writes praising EBS Facial Cream bought at JCPenney for reducing facial wrinkles. The letter also asks for help with cellulite age spots on hands and face and touts the product as five creams in one.
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