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vr or 1 II Mon Oct 29 1973 THE MIAMI HERALD 3-B i i 1- 160 a eei 4 i ii 1: I il i 4 4 -7: of '-1 i n- 7 i4 tii AF I ft -y )ns 4 't'-t14 -1 4l I e'1 es' '''15' 'I'Y i tl 't 4: Ii itii :1 I '4 ot 1 I AL I 1 A-ii I i 1: 1 ---NrN1N iL 101 4 1 -i 1 lt sr 4 :44 :1 1 "4 1 i4 No 41:7 sk i t' 4 Ns t4' (I A fo' 1 r11: 1k i-i-1-i 7r7 J-1 tile i0f 1 630 i 1 'suitair' two of Cain's letters oppose a pistol ban Delegations generally including Ripple and sportsmen met with commissioners individually where they could "persuade them that we're for the same thing they are: the reduction of gun crime" said Ripple The pitch was practiced until it lasted just 15 minutes THE anti-control forces made themselves abundantly available for talk shows to counter editorial backing or what was felt to be prejudicial reporting of the ordinances by Dade's big-three television stations Gun-association members were alerted when the talk shows were due and anti-control callers therefore asked most of the questions That helped combat a 1972 Gallup poll showing that 71 per cent of Americans want tighter gun control Staff Photos by GEORGE KOCHAN1EC Powell Ripple for reduction of gun crime too Anne Ackerman With Petitions fighting a disease yfltANKGREvE Herald Staff Writer On the bumpers' of jeeps and pickups the stickers urge: "Register Criminals Not Guns Recall Orr and Fogg" Around the condominium pools and from door to door the petitions pass: "We urge you to adopt the ordinance that would ban the sale of handguns in Dade County" AL Luck 55 a Hialeah dress manufacturer who shoots upwards of 5000 pistol rounds a year is part of it So is Anne Ackerman a Point East civic activist-retiree who never has shot a gun who left Chicago because she was afraid of the city and who came to the anti-handgun effort fatigued from two weeks of fund raising for Israel bonds IN rough order of restric- tiveness proposed ordi nances would: prohibit the sale of handguns in Dade County require proficiency tests and licensing of future buyers of handguns bar fu ture sale of cheap handguns known as Saturday-Night Specials require registration and knowledge of gun laws but not proficiency tests for handgun owners or license gun salesmen as well as own- ers of gun stores who now are licensed Commissioner Harry Cain threw in a wild card late Fri- day He said he'd offer a bill Tuesday to outlaw sale or possession of handguns in the county Under his mea- sure Dade would buy back all handguns except antiques an estimated 200000 At an average price of $50 that's a $10-million outlay -i Cain indicated that he'd Initially vote against all the other measures Tuesday Then if his bill were voted down he'd ask permission to change his earlier votes "I want to vote for the strongest possible measure against the handgun" he ex plained If a majority of commissioners back his proposal on first reading a public hearing and final vote would be set in two weeks on the total ban A Dade resident who wants to buy a handgun now must be 21 and must buy in The Issue From 1961 to 1970 1922 persons in Dade County were shot to death 73 per cent of all homicides Of gun fatalities 66 per cent were by handguns They are the preferred weapon of armed criminals too 85 per cent of whom use handguns when they use guns Most gun homicides involve not hold-ups by strangers but disagreements among friends relatives or family About four-fifths of Dade's murders in the 1961-70 period were in that category As a result some people are seeking tougher gun controls For Tough Gun Controls Against Tough Gun Controls The "The issue is safety We have li- The ordinances are not de- Principle censes for automobiles because we signed to seek out apprehend or don't think people should have that convict a criminal who has or will dangerous instrumentality without commit an act of violence with a knowing how to handle it It's the weapon Neither will they prevent same with guns" a criminal from obtaining a gun In- Metro Mayor Jack Orr stead they are designed to harass "We no longer live in an Amen and penalize the law-abiding cit' ca where people are wholly in zee" control of their own lives They're A Luck at the mercy of the community and President Hialeah Pistol Club here now gun sales and gun vio- "Taking a gun away from somelence are spiraling We have to stop body is a very fundamental act" It We have to stop the gun that Powell Ripple kills" Owner Hialeah Gun Shop and Anne Ackerman activist Range The Public "AMOng the retired people and represent the good people the people who fled the northern 1 the 995 per cent who are law-abidcities gun control is as easy to gain ing citizens and they don't want support tor as caner research these ordinances most of them Both involve the tear of a disease Powell Ripple for which the answer has not been found" Anne Ackerman -I just don't bikY Dade's Role the argument The Criminal Justice Coercilthat it's meaningless for Dade nating Council which spent II County to pass an ordinance that months on the Issue of gun viodoesn't apply in Broward or the lence concluded that Dade County rest of the state This is just one by itself couldn't establish an step toward providing us with a effective control on gun sales We safer community Maybe if we do studied the experience in areas come up with a workable orcil- around Cleveland and New York name In Dade it will be a model and found that black markets in for Broward and Palm Beach and wea pon I followed tighter the rest of the state" controls" Mayor Orr Norm Kassoff project director Effectiveness "Just because one new gun 'In 1969 we endorsed a bill to control won't cure the problems of make the commission of a felony violence that doesn't mean that we while armed a felony in itself a should do nothing separate felony That was to allow prosecutors to come down hard on "Sure we will get the Depart- people who abuse firearms ment of Public Safety to enforce the laws more vigorously The "You know what happened in prosecutor will have to understand 1972? In Dade County? There were that too In the face of these days almost no prosecutions If the ex-with the climate of violence the istilig laws are not enforced why croy-ts will have to become strict- should we psa new ones?" Powell Ripple Mayor Orr the requirements that an applicant be able to load and unload blindfolded each gun he buys pay $10 for each gun and wait 14 days constitute "elimination of handguns by harassment" HE would prefer a bill offered by Fogg and Orr beefed up by Commissioner Ed Stephenson and generally unresisted: licensing of gun salesmen The measure aimed at discount and department stores for whom guns are a sideline and where sales practices are sometimes casual might help the gun dealers They work under tighter discipline than the other stores because removal of a gun license would mean a closed store Amidst the letters and petitions which Cain said were so obviously form letters that they could be discarded came a heavier threat: recall Ripple reminded Fogg of a gun-control ordinance pro posed by ex-Commissioner Harvy Reiseman It was withdrawn in the face of 5000 petitions then Reiseman was recalled with gun-association aid The lesson: "People who have backed gun controls just don't get reelected" Ripple told Fogg Though Orr and Fogg claimed to be unimpressed by what the mayor called "blackmail" they also looked in vain for civic support Fogg seemed as amazed that it wasn't vocally there as if the Dolphins played a game and nobody came Florida He must swear that among other things he has no criminal record involving more than a year's possible sentence is not addicted to drugs and is not a fugitive Perjury in answering the questions is a felony though gun dealers say false statements are "numerous" The buyer also must wait 72 hours between registering to purchase a pistol and picking it up COMMISSIONER Ed Fogg is the initiator of all but one of the ordinances He is joined by Mayor Jack Orr in the moves to bar handgun sales and to license users Commissioner Mike Calhoun is behind registering all own ers and their guns Though rifles aren't likely to be affected (Calhoun's ordinance appears to have no other supporters) rifle enthusiasts are out in force They make up about 37000 of Dade's estimated 40000 National Rifle Association members Says Luck a man with swept-back hair and rimless glasses who resembles Robert MacNamara: "We're concerned because this is the first stage of an overall program If it doesn't work to reduce crime and it won't they're going to take every weapon there is The next step is confiscation" Though confusion swirled through Commission chambers last week it appeared that prohibition of handgun sales was out Orr and Fogg said they would in Fogg's words "be able to live without it" if another combination of bills passed THE BAN ON Saturday-Night Specials seems most likely a move endorsed by Fogg and written by the gun dealers The weapons inexpensive and low-quality pistols estimated by police to be involved in 75 per cent of handgun crimes in the county have few friends Sportsmen don't use them gun dealers don't like to sell them elderly terror often centers on them "The only thing in their favor is availability and low price" said Powell Ripple owner of the Hialeah Gun Shop and Range and top spokesman for the industry and its sportsmen Battle appears likely on the other half of the combination however Orr Fogg and Commissioner Beverly Phillips appear to favor proficiency licensing for pistol purchasers But says Ripple Since a pistol prohibition could mean the same thing discipline was apparent too in strategies for resisting the unpalatable ordinances By midweek Cain had 272 letters postcards and small-circulation petitions in his "Gun Control" file They've been coming since late August when newspapers and the National Rifle Association newsletter announced that gun-control bills were coming up All but EFFORTS to enlist support of county police chiefs backfired Fogg asked that uniformed policomen attend Tuesday's hearing to show support for the bill banning sale of handguns He ot back a 28-4 vote of the chiefs against the ban It's not that we're against controls they said but if they're imposed in Dade alone they wouldn't work EM1M 0 0 a 0 0 to 0 a to 0 oo a od LIV rill PM 0 0 ii FillOPOLITIIN DAL COUEli 0 i Lk 3 UNDER THE STRICT SUPERVISION OF RABBI TIBOR STERN 0 1 7 r- t-- 1 i 7-1 PRICES EFFECTIVE FRI NOV 2nd MIAMI BEACH 1845 ALTON ROAD MIAMI BEACH 163rd ST SHOPPING CENTER MIAMI 2091 CORAL WAY OPEN SUNDAYS 9 1111L fo I PI 163rd ST SHOPPING CENTER I 1r-44: F000 FAIR KOSHER MEAT MAR- KETS ARE PLEDGED TO GIVE TM 4 BEST QUALITY AT THE LOWEST PRICE OR YOUR MONEY BACK 1 seri A in IVE SELL US GOVT INSPECTED GRADED PRIME A CHOICE BEEF CUTS ONLY! 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