GUN-CARRYING NATION.
AMERICA'S NOTORIETY. Australian and ST.Z Cable Association (Reed. 7.20 p.m.) NEW YORK. May 1. The Chief Magistrate of New York. JMr. W. McAdoo, addressing the International Police Conference, which General Sir William Harwood, Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, is attending, said that the revolver was the badge of the United States, and Americans were known as a gun-carrying and shooting nation. The ladies of America had now taken to the gun earnestly, and soon a bride would go to the altar with the family revolver strapped to her waist. It was the open season for shooting men. and chivalrous juries refused to convict. "We are approaching an unenviable situation," added Mr. McAdoo, "and our reputation is being smirched." Sir William Harwood explained the drastic methods taken in London, where two to 10 years' imprisonment is imposed on persons carrying firearms illegally.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18389, 3 May 1923, Page 7
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