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

DATE: MONDAY, February 1, 1993                   TAG: 9302010262
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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A DOZEN A YEAR IS ENOUGH

I DO NOT understand what is so wrong with the proposed legislation that limits handgun purchases to one per month.

If my math is correct, that would be a total of 12 handgun purchases per year.

Why would that amount not be enough?

LESTER A. BLACKWELL\ ROANOKE

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