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Loophole in Gun Control Law Lets Cheap Guns Persist
A year after the 1968 gun control act, imports of small caliber Sunday night specials declined but domestic assembly of cheap handguns rose. Firms shifted to assembling from foreign parts and U S produced parts, preserving overall handgun availability. Sen. Dodd proposes broadening the act to ban domestic production of cheap revolvers and snubnosed pistols.
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Frank Murray Washington
Congress
Associated Press
United States
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut Democrat
Dodd
National Commission On Violence
Commission
California
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Randolph W. Thrower
Senate
FBI
Robert F. Kennedy
Treasury Department
William Ethier
Firearms Import and Export Corp
Miami
Ethier
Sen. Dodd
Connecticut
America
Colt
Winchester
Remington
High Standard
Fla
Florida State Corporation
RG Industries Inc
Heinrich, Peter
Guenter Roehm
Roehm Gesellschaft
Southheim Brenz
Germany
Treasury
U.S
CDM Products Inc
New York
CDM
Arms Corporation of America
Nashville
Tenn