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From: shallit@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Jeff Shallit)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Handgun Control, Inc.
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 17:11:29 EST
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Several people have asked me about the organization Handgun Control, Inc.,
so I am posting some information about it.

It was started by Pete Shields, a former hunter and gun owner, after his
son was shot to death by one of the so-called "Zodiac" killers in
San Francisco.  He studied firearms legislation and decided that an
effective national gun control law would be a good thing.

It currently has about a million members.  It is "a non-profit citizen's
organization working to pass federal law to keep handguns out of the wrong
hands."

You can get more information by writing

Handgun Control, Inc.
1400 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005

or calling (202) 898-0792.  

Ask for their brochure, "Handgun facts".

Another organization working towards similar goals is the
National Coalition to Ban Handguns.  If anyone is interested,
I will also post their address.
/Jeff Shallit
University of Chicago