Telephone Interviews Show Public Opinion On Gun Control
AP NBC News poll surveyed 1 604 adults nationwide by random digit dialing to reflect regional, city size, and gender balance. Results show 71 percent favor handgun permit laws, 50 percent agree stricter laws would reduce murders, 76 percent think tighter laws would not stop criminals from obtaining guns, and 21 percent say stricter laws would have prevented Reagan's assassination attempt.
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Americans divided on gun laws despite support for licensing
An AP-NBC poll shows 71 percent favor requiring a police permit to buy a handgun while 25 percent oppose. Most believe stricter laws would not have stopped Reagan’s assassination attempt or kept guns from criminals. about half think murders would fall if laws were stricter, but 47 percent disagree.
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Railroad man charged in slaying co workers
Melrose Park AP Bond denied for 73 year old railroad worker Stanley Piesiecki charged with murder in the shooting deaths of yardmaster Calvin Herring 57 Park Ridge and clerk Henry Frantz 65 Bellwood and wounding a third. A woman believed to be his wife was found dead in a storage room of his burning home as investigators seek motive.
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