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ill' be ffe t d in
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but the poor will be hit the hard
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By DE I MAN FI ·LD
Capital New Service
LANSING -It i bu me as
usual in one of the Midwe t'
largest porting good tore,
despite new gun legi lation be
coming effective in March, aid'
Brad Bernard, a ales clerk at
Jay's Sporting Goods store in"
Clare.
"No, not at all," Bernard
said, who works in the tore's
'gun d e p ar t m e n t . "I haven't
noticed any changes."
While the four-part "crime
control package" tat was pa sed
in December will go ito effect
March 28, it has not affected
business at Jay's. Bernard aid
he has not noticed any increase
in business and has not been
told of any new operating proce
dure re ulting from the legisla
tion.
The four parts of the package
inc ude regulation of tran port,
licensing. adju tments in th
penal code and the placing of a
federal law limiting the owner
ship of armor-piercing ammuni
tion orr the state law books.
OM L GI LATOR are
lready looking to amend the
law because of' perceived
loophole. Bob Garner, ad
mini trative a i tant to House
Speak r Lewis Dodak, said
there i a" gen tlemen' agree
ment" to go back and fix any
problems that may have been
overlooked.
"I don't see that there will be
any move to amend the bills
before thei r enactment," Garner
aid.
If any changes were needed,
a re olution would be intro
duced to f rm a committee to
make recommendations '0
amend -the laws. Rep. Jerry
Bartnik, D-Temperance, the
chairman of Tourism, Fisheie
. and Wildlife Committee, which
reported on the law before its
December passage, already has
a draft ,of the resolution he
would introduce on the House
� floor if the i ue brough up,
Garner said.
David Osborn, director of the
s tat e ,a �a irs d i vis ion 0 f the
. Mic h i g an Municipal League,
said loophole tn the laws
News Briefs
Mi repre entatlonln the
Persian Gulf .
There is a disproportionate amount of Black people in
volved in Operation Desert Storm. Blacks make up about
12% of the U.S. population and 29% of the troops in the
Persian Gulf.'
Pentagon officials deny that the military is exploiung
Blacks and insist that the disproportionate numbers are the
random result of America's decision to replace the draft with
an all-volunteer force.
Another staggering tatistic in this Gulf war is tha al
though Blacks are over represented in Operation Des
Storm only 49% of the African American community think the
US was right to get involved in this conflict. .
PUSH In trouble
- Compiled by Catherine Kelly
prevent them from being the
comprehen ive gun legislation
he feel Michigan needs.
"The best thing you can say
about this i , over the next few
year we'll get some court inter
pretation and then we will have
a comprehensive gun law in
Michigan," Osborn said.
of turnout t the poll hile
tho e e rnin 0,000 or more
had te of 95.6 p r-
cent.
enior re
oci te for t e
ue for Hum n
y thlt
I
m Elder veld
of the Univer i ty of Mi hi n
id there r Ie itim t re on
why many poor people don't
how up to vote.
"Traditionally, people who
are in a lower octo-economic
tatu are unemployed, mobile. tion.
preoccupied \ i th co no rn i
matter and I integrated nd
ay that for ettled in the community,"
Eldersveld id. "They're not
well e tabli hed 8 d are more
likely to be on the go to find
jobs. "
Basically, politic I m tter
are likely to take a b ck eat to
where to leep arrd or what to
ale
tually created forJ1>olice depart
ments to prevent 4ead poisoning
from the fumes of ammunition
loaded with lead bullet that
were being used during extesive
shooting in indoor range, he
added.
Bernard called the reputation
of th teflon ammunition a "Ial
� la y." Teflon-coated bullets got
BERNARD SAID one prob- their bad rc p u tati orr'fro m an
lem wi t� gun legislation is that episode' of the television sho'Y
legislators are targeting the 'Hunter," in which the bullets
wrong group when proposing were referred to as "cop-
the bills. killers," Bernard aid.
"A lot 0 f those la ws , are Bernard said a law barring
passed by pe ope who don't plea bargaining for crimnals ar-
know anything," Bernard said. rested for violent crimes com-
"They are targeted at people mitted with a gun would be'
who are already going to obey more practical, instead of
them." . punishing individuals who pur-
An example of this mi - chase a gun for recreation.
guided legislation is all the at- Because of gun legislation
tention that is focused around passed in California restricting
ar mo r-pi c rc in g and Teflon- the selling or "assault arms,"
coated ammunition, which have guns have been driven under-
th� reput tion Cop-kUHn ground. Bern rd aid. In t ad of
bullets," Bernard said. To his the guns bein regfstered, t ey
knowledge, a police officer has are no g Ily
never been killed by these types from "budd y to buddy," he
of specialty ammunition. The added .
eflon-coated bullets were ac-
Governor open
LANSING -Gov. John En er
announced that he will hold
public of�ice hours from 11 a.m.
to 12 noon every Thursday.
"My or is wide open,"
Engler announccd. "As I said
during the campaign and in my
inaugural speech, the way to
build public trust in Lansing is
to p r o v i d e the citizens of
. Michigari with the mos: direct
possible opportunity to know
their elected officials.
Before the door swings open,
however, there are certain
stipulations the 'pUblic must
meet:
-Only two individuals al
lowed per appointment. ..
-No appointments for
those representing special inter
est groups, universities or cor-
.' Allianc�' to
aid C'�lIege
stud nts
ANN ARBOR - Th� University
of Michigan and Washtenaw
Community College (WCC)
have formed an "Alliance for
Minority Scholars" to en-'
courage a greater number of
qualified WCC minority stu
dent to continue their educa
tion at the U-M.
S.tudent in the program who
have completed the majority of'
their studies at WCC and who
meet variou academic criteria,
including a grade-point average
of 3.0 Of. higher, will receive
"preferred consideration" for
admi s io n to several U-M
schools. The requirements of
each school differ. The program
al 0 allow for an early derter
minatio of the student'S adrnis
s ibil ity to the U-M ..
U-M units participating in
the alliance are the College of
Literature, SCience, and the
Art ; the School of Business
Admini'tration; School of
Natural Re ourcc ; College of
Engineering; and College of Ar
chi tecture and Urban Planni ng .
door to pubtlc
oration
Interviews must be
.s che d ul ed one month in ad-
vance.
=-Appolmme nts limited to
five minutes.
Add to that list the security
steps visitors must take. The
State Police will run a security
check on each person visiting
the governor. Vis i tors will be re
quired to present a picture I.D.
All briefcases and bags will be
ope ned P rio r to th e me e tin g.
Late arrivals and cancellations
will have to .be rescheduled at
the next available time.
Citizens still interested in
meeting with the Governor
should contact the Office of the
Governor by writing: Office.of
the Governor, c/o Public Office
Hours, State of Michigan, P.O ..
Box 30013, Lansing, Michigan
48909.
Letters should include the
following information: name.
a� ress and telephone number,
date of birth, driver'S license
nu�r, place of. employment
A'iiCireason for the ·f!1�eting.
THE WAYNE COUNTY INAUGURAL PRAYER Bre.kr.lt
dre a crowd of thou ands earlier thl month. AmoDa the
dlgnitarie , were (I:rt) Rev. Dr. Cullian Hili, Greater
Concord Baptist, who gave the welcome; 'County Executive
Aide Virgie Rollins, the coordinator; Rev. Dr. Ernest T.
Camp'bell, retired professor Garrett Theological SelDlnary,
Ev ns.ton, lIIinoi ,the uest peaker; and County Executive
Ed McNamara. (Photo by Robble)_'
ATTENDING THE NINTH ANNUAL CLC Minister Dinner iJ;l Derrett, In honor or Dr.
Martin Luther Kin Jr were (lrt) SCLC Ch pter Pre Ident Dr. CI u� Youn ; Wayne CouDty
Executive Ed McNamara; St te Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick; School upt. John Porter;
Con re . WOOl n B rbara Ro e' Collin ; Governor John Engler. (Photo by Robbie)
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African American vs Black
- According The Joint Center for Political and Economic
studies, a Black oriented study group, 72% r 759 Blacks
pol led said they preferred 'Black', 15� said African
American, 3% Afro American and 2% Negro.
Jesse Jackson was one of the first of many to support the
idea of calling Black people African Americans. The purpose
of African American is to give Blacks more of a. sense of their
history. .
Milton Morris, vice president for the Center, was quoted
as saying "Frankly, we think that among other practical con- '
siderations, it is a pit more cumbersome than is convenient
. for much of our communication."
Fourteen of Operation PUSH'S Chicago headquarters taff
members were laid off last week because of the operation'S
financial trouble. So Jes e Jackson will be returning to hi old
power base thi week to help remedy orne of PUSH'S
problems.
Cloud without a sliver lining
Miss USA, Carole Gist found out soon enough that the
glitter supposedly associated with her title i not what it
seemed. Her attorney, Gregory Reed is to meet with two
pageant officials about Miss Gi t' complai nts over her work
load, and not getting what the pageant promised her in ca h
and prizes. Reed threatened a lawsuit if Mi s Gist's prizes
aren't fully awarded.
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