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May 1983 Issue
May 1983 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Voting for Unemployment
    Gregg Easterbrook
  • Guns in the Courts
    Elaine Weiss
  • Sandpiper Poetry
    Peter Davison
  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Truman Capote
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Home Before Morning
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

The Law: Guns in the Courts

Lawsuits now pending seek to hold handgun manufacturers liable for the damage caused bg their product

By Elaine F. Weiss
May 1983 Issue
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