The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 76, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1986 Page: 4 of 28
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MARIETTA, Ga. — Dear On the matter. The federate^y Indeed, some of his customers The Bullet Stop even takes ^ '
Boss: I suppose you are wonder- all machine guns, which fire in love them so much they buy American Express. Lavista pull*
ing about the $301 charged to my rapid, automatic bursts, are sup- them. Contrary to popular ed a Heckler and Koch MP-fr
expense account for the “rental pose to be registered; and they thought, the ATF says it’s legal from his display, he said it fires f
of a machine gun,” so I am sup- have logged 120,000 to date. But in most states. Federal agent 30 rounds in 2.5 seconds, he saicf
^ plementing the billing with an thugs do not record their Jack Killorn says people can buy it is a favorite of the U.S. Specidi , !
People are making jokes about President Reagan’s explanation. I dofl’t want you to holdings. Nor do people who il- M-60 machine guns, the kind us- Forces, and he led me into a
plans to “get the government Off the backs of the peo- think I just blew it harhar. Hey, legally convert semi-automatics ed in Vietnam, they can even small, ^quat, concrete shooting
rj«»> ___, „ “ • , .F A a little bit of levity helps. (capable of either single-shot or buy grenade launchers; all they gallery.
pie by selling some major federal agencies to private The fact js i Spent the money automatic firing) into the Buzz have to do is qualify. I took a heroic stance. One
interests. :. > to research a wild and woolly Guns. Quite naturally, the qualifica- cannot be a nerd with an H&K.
To the president, the plan is not a joking matter. He new wrinkle in the nation’s long Whatever the figures, the fact tibns are written in law. Killorn The gun looks like pistol with a
fllllv intends to imDlement it bv epttine as much of thf» fascination with firearms. Ever is clear. The Buzz Guns are in says felons are out, so are men- Pinocchio problem, it can be
y pci cm ii Dy gelling as muen oi ine since the Pi|grims came ashore vogue The weapons have tal incompetents. He says ap- fired from the hip or with a
with their matchlocks, as you become awesome props in plicants must be approved by shoulder stock extension. I put
. know, Americans have been television shoot-outs, Sylvester local police, they must submit to on a pair of flash glasses, and.
The theory is that if private business can run a federal plinking away, often at each (“Rambo”) Stallone wears government investigations, and muffs for my ears, and Lavista
agency or program cheaper and better than the govern- other, with the highly treasured them over his movie-house pec- they have to agree to produce placed a bowling pin in the
ment, the agency should be sold. national arsenal. torals, and the U.S. Bureau of their weapons for periodic in- center of the range.
In Washington fhpnrnaram ic pnllpH “nrivnlWafinn ” Today, federal authorities Alcohol, TolWbco and Firearms spection. Then I gave the pin what for. I
Onp of thp rr^«t nntaire tho fbelieve the public holds some 200 says machinT gun sales have Frankly, boss, the re- fired a couple of single shots for .
t-k f tt • °'ab!e jokesters IS the American Civil million guns. That’s more than risen 60percent since 1982. quirements are not air tight, aiming, and after that I opened • __
LlDerties union, which says it wants to buy the Justice most armies in the world, more Boss, there’s even a shooting Crimes involving automatic up with the familiar burrrp from
Department — lock, stock and Edwin Meese III, than most nations combined, in range for the craze here in weapons have quadrupled in re- Miami Vice. Lavista shouted
although the hard-line, conservative attorney general fact, and, when you break it Marietta, Ga. And that’s where cent times. But Paul Lavista “rock !n’ roll,” somebody gave a
would probably be the first to go if the ACLU got its down t0 where the firinS P*n <>ur $30 was expended. I joined*- points out that the crimes are be- whistle, and I danced the pin up
hands on thpdpnartmpnt 8 ‘ 8 meets the shell, it’s nearly one the hundreds of aficionados who ing committed almost exclusive- and down, back and forth, and ;
., * gun for every man, woman and are renting exotic rifles at a ly by people with illegal gats; from pne side of the range to the
explaining wny it wants the Justice Department, an child in the union. store called the Bullet Stop, aftd ' the" good folks with registered other.
ACLU official said civil rights and civil liberties organ- Most of the weapons are for where, as owner Paul Lavista machine guns do not normally Well, boss, if was a definite
izations are doing much of the work that should be done sport, of course. There are 17 putsoit cheerfully, “they shoot get into trouble. wow: I fired three clips of 30 ' ’
million licensed hunters in the the hell out of the place.” Lavista says the good folk rounds each, which accounts for
picture. But more and more peo- He’s not kidding. People shoot comprise the body of the Bullet the $30. The whole thing took
Attorney General Meese is unmoved. He listens polite- pie are interested in arms that everything from the UZI Model Stop clientele. Doctors and mer- nine seconds, and the bowling
ly to ACLU pronouncements and goes about the business are made for kill>ng larger game B, perhaps the most respected chants and the like. He says peo- pin has been retired to my study,
of making the lustiee Denartment mnr» rocnnnciuo than pheasants; hold dn to you? military weapon of its type in the ' pie see the guns used on televi- Please send a check for, the ex-
, I,rhpnl: Justlce Department more responsive to desk, boss,there may now be as world, to the MAC-10, the choice sion, and they want to try them iPense to me, in care of Dirty
i c peupic, as lie puis ii. many as 500,000 machine guns of the moment for drug runners for themselves. Once they do, hq Harry; hey, what did I tell you
LOnrail went on the sale block last year and the word and semi-automatic weapons in and other degenerates. The UZI goes on, they are hooked. It’s a about levity?
Is that the Federal Housing Administration may be next, private hands. fires 600 rounds a minute, the kick. It’s a rush. It’s Arnold
We believe the government should divest itself of' 1 stress the qualifier here. MAC-10 rate is 1,100, and Lavista Schwarzenegger!
every agency that could be run by private enterprise. There are no reliable statistics says his customers love them. *
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bureaucrats haye spent more dard nursing facilities is ■ . ' !
than five years dotting the i’s widespread.” In fact, his in*
and crossing the t’s on a sorely vestigatOrs are polishing up a
needed regulation that would list of 44 nursing homes across Connecticut and eight in Loui- ,
punish nursing-home operators the country that are “likely can- siana, “were out of compliance ,
who mistreat their elderly didates for the intermediate with the Life Safety Code of the ^
Medicare patients sanction and require (the agen- Naitonal Fire Protection .
Congress ordered the regula* cy’-s) immediate attention.” Associaiton, ’ according to „ .
tion drafted in 1980. It has yet to
be issued in final form — an in-
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operators'where iumrts most^0 brings its operations into compliance with
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sanctions” short of kicking tran-
sgressors out of the Medicare
program altogether; the regula-.....chief, Philip Nathanson, assured
tion will allow federal officials to us: “We’re waiting to see that
withhold Medicare- reim- list. We’re going ‘to chase them unusual. lawsuit against , the
bursements on new admissions alldown.” federal government, Dr* '
for up to 11 months until the The 44 homes on the inspector Stevanne Auerbach charges that
targeted nursing home brings it general’s hit list have a total the Department of Health and
operations into compliaqpe with capacity of 6,618 patients, and in- Human Services stole the
federal safety and health-stan- elude facilities in 21 states: material on child care she sub-
dards. Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, * rnitted as a grant proposal. She
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From The Baytown Sun files, rence is president; Hershel office of the Secretary of State, termediate sanctions will cer- linois, Kansas, Maine, .1IM.
this is the way it was; Evans, vice president; Richard speaks to the Goose Creek tainly represent a positive step Massachusetts, Michigan, **?*£!?
55 YEARS AGO Manley, treasurer; Jack Strick- Rotary Club on the state parole toward tmproymg nursing hpme Mississippi, Montana, New
A delegation of Goose Creek ler, secretary; Truett Parker, board system. conditions Health an0 Human .Jersey, New York, North f; !ai?
hnsinpssmen and renrdsenta- reporter. .. v„Adc Ann Services Department Inspector Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, copies. So far, officials haven t .
fives from the TaxDavers Pro- 50 YEARS AGO r ^.mmiscinn Gener.al Richard Kusserow Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin, denied the similarities between
tection AssociatiPon go to School trustees approve the hasThecUcsShour meeting wrote'in a draft reportlast All 44 homes “display strong in- hm^rlaim^he
Houston to meet with Southern purchase of six acres near during which protests are lodged Lf have" a dlcat‘ons °(,cbron,c substa"dard material was ’in the public do-
Pacific officials to^ask their per- Robert E. Lee High School. The bv he Goose Creek Taxpayers ^errent effect can have a conditions,” Kusserow wrote. S nl ilrLlif
fnr w w sioSn-to run for land will be boueht from the /J ■ „unilt significant impact. However, ag- In addition to the 44 homes for mam. Dr. Auerbach has turned
the local SP agent. , tends from Market Streetto the i equipment and ottomat- so far gives little ST "’US sel^!ne"to',,0'“00i ‘
Goose Creek’s municipal park, Southern Pacific right of way on ters The record so far gives little mentally retarded that have ITNnirn THF
established on Goose Ogr hae east side otdteschook A,toruey Mark M. Carter, dur- ^“^5— KStSS^* '
SkiX S^ nn^the directfon ePT enrollment at REL is ing the commission meeting, the Health Care Financing Ad- ed as critical to quality care8 designated aristocracy of ; . ,
nfK vSrSrt of fhe Dmo alth.ouf1 tbenncapac‘ty .,s does an impersonation of a cop ministraton. A spokesman in Jot these facilities - in- Washington - sometimes abuse
SSVSSKSIKE Jes,fned for 600 students, hiding behind a sign board to acknowledged that the prepara- eluding 11 in Connecticut and even the lavish perquisites they
2.ntv ImirthoS w?ll be used ?\US^ ? eiuPeCt e.nfrollment to g0 catch speeders and re-light run- tion of the regulation had taken four each in Louisiana and Ohio have, voted themselves. Dulles
hv t£ Si rrSk Bov Scouts to f-500 in the next few years- ners on Goose Creek Street near “an unusually long period of - operators “applied physical Airport parking supervisor Sue ”
^ fnr a Srn.it Hilt Goose Creek City Commission Tipton’s Store. V time,” but told our associate restraints to patients without Twitchell reports that she fre- ; T;
Bavtown Utilities Corn authorizes City Manager "John The Blue Devils, former state Tony Capaccio, “I haven’t got- just cause or applied mechanical quently catches congressional ;
spends $200 on improving a pub- W. Harkins to appoint a city basketball champs at Lee Col- ten a satisfactory answer to why restraint-devices which could staffers or visiting businessmen ;
impark located across the street The dty is missin8 lege, are reorganized under thfe it has been delayed.” He added cause physical injury.” trying to use a member s free y
from Baytown Baptist Church reVenue through failure to col- direction of Coach Red Bale, On that the agency hopes to have In another 27 homes for men- Parki"8 Paas One aide cursed at
Children’s playground equip- lect fines and in the past the the team are Warner Gouner, the final rule ready soon for sub- tal patients - including 11 in her when she pointed out that the .
ment will be installed fines have been collected from Carl Conway, Harley Ashley and mission to Health and Human Mississippi and three each in passes are not transferable, she *
Members of the Hi-V Club dt only those volunteering ^ pay wendeli Witten, former REL Services Secretary Otis Bowen. Connecticut and Georgia - said.
Robert E Lee High Scihool will them- £ cagers, and^ Melvin Parker, Kusserow’s report, using the operators “used drugs ex-
attend services at First Chris- Jimmy Clark, torMer Daily former Cedar -Bayou High health-finance agency’s own cessively as punishment, for the
tiah Church in a grpup Joe Law- Sun reporter who is now with the School star. computer information, conclud- convenience of the staff or as a
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