Guns ‘R’ US
“Opportunity”
Joan Armatrading
1977 —
((( L-Shaped Bar of Fire )))
—30—
Put them in the electric chair, That will stop it.”
— An elderly woman who never leaves home without her .38-caliber pistol, offers her (anonymous) opinion on how to stop crime.
God Guns & Gators
SMART GUNS (COLLEGE EDUCATED OWNERS)
An examination of how many deadly weapons were being concealed in University of Florida housing led the Alligator’s Dave Futch to freshman Dan Bahneman.
CONVENIENCE (IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER)
After being shot in the chest while working behind the counter at his neighborhood Majik Market, engineering student Dan Eifert said “When I saw blood dripping off my elbow, I thought he had shot me in the heart.
COOLING OFF (HANDGUN CONTROL EDITORIAL)
After UF engineering student, Dan Eifert, was shot in the chest while working the register at the Cin City Majik Market, Alligator editor David Dahl said what he thought of the lack of legislative gun control in Gainesville and in the rest of the United States of America.
VIOLENT CRIME (21-DAY) COOLING OFF
GOD, COUNTRY & GAINESVILLE
THE LAST WORD (DECEMBER 8, 1980)
Imagine, after all that had already happened in 1980, the year would end with the murder of John Lennon, the most socially active Beatle. A sad day, and again the result of a handgun. Again it was Alligator editor David Dahl who had something to say.
POINT BLANK (GUN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)
Opinions about how many guns were housed on the University of Florida campus were many and diverse.
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES (LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN)
DAILY GUNS (GATORS IN ARMS)
GUNS XTRA
DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION (WHOSE AIM IS TRUE?)
FOR THE LOVE OF GUNS (WORKING)
GOD COUNTRY & GAINESVILLE
GUNS & VIOLENCE
Like most bible colleges in Deep South America, the University of Florida has always had its fair share of God-Fearing, Gun-Loving students who believe religiously in the Second Amendment rights granted by the United States Constitution. Despite knowing and expecting such, it was still alarming to realize how many deadly weapons lurked behind UF dormitory doors. Guns of all kinds — pistols, shotguns, hunting rifles, and of course the hardcore Gator’s favorite, the ever popular, AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE.