The latest assassination attempts have brought renewed outcries to restrict and reduce the 40 million handguns that will take more than 10,000 lives in the U.S. this year. Said Los Angeles Mayor Thomas Bradley: "We can no longer live with the nightmare staring at us out of the barrels of handguns." Calling for the "complete elimination of handguns," Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley scoffed, "You don't see someone shooting rabbits with a handgun. The only thing you hunt is human beings." With a greater sense of grievance than most people, Senator Edward Kennedy declared, "If America cares about the safety...
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