The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-09
WOULD REGULATE
FIREARMS SALE
Many Police Chiefs Favor
Federal Law to Govern
Use of Guns, Too

mcnt of a stringent Federal law 20
curb the lndlscriminato use OF fire
arms as advocated by Richard T..
Enrlght, New York police comm's-
sioner, Is favored by police officials
In all parts Of the country
ConfiscatIon Of every personally.
owned pistol was advocated bv
/ Commissioner Enright ana the sale
| of such weapons thereafter should.
| no believed, be regulated by the
government. Fnr'ght also urged an
| cNorbitnnt tariff against imported
| firearms.
A symposium OF views on En-
! rights suggested measures. as ex-
| pressed by police officials in many
cities, follows:
Nashlngton.-"fn advocating the
enactment of u federal law to curb
| the indiscriminate use of firearms,
! Commissioner EnriEht OF the New
/ York police department is doing n
/ real public service" declares Maj.
/ Daniel sullivan, superintendent OF
| the Washington police. Anything
/ that will tend to restrict the use of
firearms by irresponsible parties
should nave the hearty support tOf
country
Portland. Ore.-"I heartily sub
scribe to Commissioner Enrights
views" asserts Chief OF Police l.. V.
Jenkins Of this city. Legislation
against tho sale and possession or
firearms should be nationwide In
it's scope. \ heavy tariff 10 restrict
tho importation OF firearms, and
heavy prison sentences for persons
convicted OF Illegally possessing
firearms are fine suggestions
Kansas city, Mo.-"Commissioner
| Enright is unquestionably right
says Acting Chief of Police Frank
II. Anderson. when the sentence
for carrying firearms Is made as
heavy as penalties for some other
crimes and when it becomes moro
difficult for the prisoner to secure
a speedy pardon or parole FOR Vio-
lation Of law, firearms Will he as
scarce as dollars made in 1850
seconds Enrigbts Views
Birmingham, Ala.--Says CHIEF of
Police Fred II. McDuff;
II second most heartily Commis-
sioner Enright's idea that all per-
sonnlly-owned firearms should be
confiscated and that the sale of al
such weapons thereafter should he
regulated 10y "A drastic federal law
as by doing this the unlawful taxing
OF human life will bo reduced to th'
minimum
Indianapolis, Ind. -- No onc-no'
even "A policeman -- should be NJ
i lowed to have a firearm of an!
kind, Chief of Police Herman XIX
hoft believes. He would be ever
more drastic than Commissioner
Enright OF New York.
] .
confiscate all others. and the coun
try will have gone a long way 10
J ward preventing crime" he says.
, LOS ANGELES--"If the loGisla
/ ture OF every state would make /
, a. felony 10 illegally carry ireaim
! nt least 25 per cent OF the spontan
, eous crime in the United state
would be eliminated" declare
{ Grant Roberds, in charge OF the 10
; Angeles Detective bureau. ,,,.
, ST. LOUIS-"Unqucstionably
good idea" said Philip II. Brock
E man, president of the local boar'
, | of police commissioners, when toll
= Of the stringent firearms measure
: advocated by Police Commissions
I Enright Of New York,
: SEATTLE-Says Chief OF iohc
, William b. Scveryns:
/ There IL no duIrbt but that Com
D missioner Enright has the right ide
I regarding the conflscation and pro
3. h4bition or sale OF pistols.
r SPRINGFIELD. lN.-The Worl
: war familiarizcd men with guns an,
I created desire to use them say
lC. 4. Schryver, head of the looa
police bureau Of identification
= Commissioner Enright is right J.
70 his suggestions, Our lawmaker
- should pass law 10 contlscatc a
q pistols, place an eXorbitant tariff o
:. imported guns and levy a heavy IA
I against dealers
/ Views OF Others.
"a Views expressed by police or
I clals who attended the recent Sa
. Francisco convention Of the Inter
/ national Association OF Chiefs OF 20
q lice follow:
q Col. II. T. Footo, state commits
!, sloncr OF public safety and chic
Z OF state police. Massachusetts:
-. Make &; impossible for person
- to purchase firearms without 4
!, censes issued by proper authori
n ties, and much of today's crime WI
. be eliminated. state and fodery
- lawmakers should frame statute
Il working toward this end.
- THE strlctest regulations shoul
- he enacted against persons VIII
y, carry concealed weapons. II arm
~ tho tools Of the criminal trade wor
u impossible 10 procure, present Grim
: waves would lac reduced to an In
y consequential minimum
" Philip r. Smith, chief OF polIcl
New Haven, Conn:
Il would like TO see the govern
y ment pass a law which would max
= it a felony. subject to heavy fin
- and imprisonment, for unauthor!zc
= persons to have firearms in the
J, posse sslon. Passage OF such a mcI'
u ure Is OF paramount Importance
i, coping with crime"
a James Patrick, chief OF polio
u San Diego:
a Laws prohibiting everyone frol
" carrying firearms should be pIsse
II by both state and federal gpycrT
ments. Holdups by amateurs an
q ordinary crimes would then be er
a tirely done away with"
'r Daniel j, O'Brien, chief OF polio
N San Francisco:
L "A heavy tax on firearms and III
'r framing OF an eNOrhltant ,ar,tt O
q imported weapons are bat,y .ncpde
Is in America today to cope WI.
% crime, Persons convicted " robbie,
II with guns should receive AeaN
p prison sentences,
le Need Stringent Laws.
" Municipal ordinances resulatiu
In the sale Of arms are entirely mad,
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