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FROM THE ARCHIVEJan 29, 1963·Washington, District of Columbia

CHILDREN BUYING GUNS BY MAIL

Scanned from Evening Star, Jan 29, 1963
CHILDREN BUYING GUNS BY MAIL
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Bit djj Jlj 1B T B 1 111 F M lm i jWI b IMl mHAim Br. Mr Harvey Gantt discusses his course of study with Dean Harlan McClure of Clemson Colleges Children Can Buy Guns By Mail Probe Is Told A Senate subcommittee today was told that any child who can sign his name draw the numerals 21 and has a piggy bank can get his hands on a lethal gun. This was the statement by a Los Angeles Investigator as hearings opened on the grow ing problem of Interstate mail order gun traffic. The hearings are being con ducted by the Sepate Judiciary Juvenile Delinquency Subcom mittee Shipment of mail order guns to criminals juveniles and mental defectives has accord ing to police officers become a major crime factor in Wash ington and other large cities Legislation Drafted Senator Dodd Democrat of Connecticut the subcommittee chairman is having corrective legislation drafted.

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