A Shooting Gallery Called America
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Examines the effects on all our lives of the increasing use of handguns. Includes interviews with criminals, victims and law enforcement officers speaking on the proliferation of handguns and the related problems. , Documents the wide range of social problems caused by the private ownership of handguns and interviews homeowners, businessmen, and criminals to gain insight into why people carry handguns. Covers the numerous ways people have access to handguns including licensing, gun store and black market sales, manufacturing and the overseas market. Depicts two sides of the control debate by interviewing agents from the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire Arms Control Board and a spokesman for the National Rifle Association. Shows security films made while armed robberies were in progress and documents the funerals of an Atlanta detective and a young girl, both killed with handguns. Favors, in general, stronger control and regulation of handguns. Narrated by Carl Stern.
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Registered 22Apr75 · MP27628 (Jul-Dec 1975) Copyright holder: National Broadcasting Company, Inc
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Examines the effects on all our lives of the increasing use of handguns. Includes interviews with criminals, victims and law enforcement officers speaking on the proliferation of handguns and the related problems. , Documents the wide range of social problems caused by the private ownership of handguns and interviews homeowners, businessmen, and criminals to gain insight into why people carry handguns. Covers the numerous ways people have access to handguns including licensing, gun store and black market sales, manufacturing and the overseas market. Depicts two sides of the control debate by interviewing agents from the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire Arms Control Board and a spokesman for the National Rifle Association. Shows security films made while armed robberies were in progress and documents the funerals of an Atlanta detective and a young girl, both killed with handguns. Favors, in general, stronger control and regulation of handguns. Narrated by Carl Stern.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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