Handgun Safety?

● “Of 20,053 homicides recorded by the FBI in 1981, half were caused by handguns,” cites Betsy Gotbaum, executive director, National Alliance Against Violence, in a letter to The Wall Street Journal. She added: “Fifty-five percent were committed by family, friends or acquaintances of the victim.

In Washington, D.C., where there exists a Firearms Act, domestic homicides in families were said to be cut in half, while in nearby Baltimore they continue to increase.