                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 23, 1991                   TAG: 9102250266
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-9   EDITION: METRO 
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WITHOUT AMPLE GUN SUPPLY, FEWER KILLINGS

LOOKING to kill someone? Well, it seems that the General Assembly has made it much easier for you.

Why not have a waiting period? I dare say that most hunters probably purchase their guns months before they plan to use them. So would a few days of wait make you miss the big one? Maybe, maybe not. I know that a few days could certainly cool a temper that could make a person kill another.

I don't think that most murders would occur if there weren't an ample supply of guns at the spur of the moment. Life is nothing to toy with. JEREMY SIMPSON MONETA

by CNB