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- NATION, Page 27American NotesFLORIDAA Madman's Deadly Spree
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- Construction worker James Pough did more than kill ten
- people and wound seven in Jacksonville last week. He also shot
- holes in the gun lobby's rationale for opposing even modest
- efforts to keep firearms out of the hands of violent criminals.
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- In 1971 Pough pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of a man.
- Yet he was able to buy the two handguns and acquire a 30-cal.
- assault-style rifle that he used in his murderous rampage.
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- The National Rifle Association has urged voters to reject
- a bill that would require a three-day waiting period to check
- the background of potential gun purchasers. If such a check had
- uncovered Pough's criminal record, he would not have been able
- to buy the guns he used last week. Asking gun buyers to wait
- a few days to complete their purchases seems eminently
- reasonable if it helps prevent madmen like Pough from going off
- on homicidal binges.
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