Apr. 19, 2008
A Farewell To Arms?
Forum Column - By Joseph H. Cooper - When asked about gun control laws, a group of soon-to-be-released prison inmates expressed a particular brand of realism.
Joseph H. Cooper
Joseph was editorial counsel at The New Yorker from 1976 to 1996, and now resides in Culver City. He is compiling his prison-related articles for publication as "Corrections - Essays from Inside: The In-Prison Education of Inmate-Students and Their Language-Arts Professor."
By Joseph H. Cooper
This article appears on Page 6
What do convicted felons think about the right to bear arms?
In the aftermath of the shootings at Northern Illinois University and the one-year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech, I asked inmates at a pre-release prison for their views - as their English composition teacher. I provided a provocative "target" for resp...
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