From firearms-politics-errors@cup.hp.com Mon Jul 4 09:14:00 1994 Received: from demon.corp.portal.com (demon.corp.portal.com [156.151.1.10]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.5) with ESMTP id JAA01538 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 1994 09:13:59 -0700 Received: from relay.hp.com (relay.hp.com [15.255.152.2]) by demon.corp.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.5) with SMTP id JAA08985 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 1994 09:17:28 -0700 Received: from hpda.cup.hp.com by relay.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA05019; Mon, 4 Jul 1994 09:11:23 -0700 Received: by hpda.cup.hp.com (15.11/15.5+IOS 3.20+OMrelay) id AA01408; Mon, 4 Jul 94 09:14:01 pdt Errors-To: firearms-politics-errors@cup.hp.com Sender: Precedence: bulk X-Info: Accepted by firearms-politics distribution list at Mon Jul 04 09:14:00 PDT 1994 X-Info: Submissions to firearms-politics@cup.hp.com X-Info: Change requests to firearms-politics-request@cup.hp.com Received: from onet2.cup.hp.com by hpda.cup.hp.com with SMTP (15.11/15.5+IOS 3.20+OMrelay) id AA01367; Mon, 4 Jul 94 09:13:53 pdt Received: from wp.unt.edu by onet2.cup.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.11K/15.5+IOS 3.20+cup+OMrelay) id AA091058120; Mon, 4 Jul 1994 09:08:40 -0700 Received: from COE-Message_Server by wp.unt.edu with WordPerfect_Office; Mon, 04 Jul 1994 11:00:23 -0600 Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 15:23:50 -0600 From: hresko@unt.edu To: Firearms-Politics@onet2.cup.hp.com, FAP@world.std.com Subject: American Psychological Association (APA) Statement on Firearm Safety and Youth Status: RO The July 1994 American Psychologist contains the text of the APA Statement on Firearm Safety and Youth. Two statements of concern related are that APA "(1) Supports nationwide licensing of firearm ownership based on attainment of legal voting age, clearance following a criminal record background check; and demonstrated skill in firearm knowledge, use, and safety; (2) Encourages federal, state, and local governments to increase specific legal, regulatory, and enforcement efforts to reduce widespread, easy, and unsupervised access to firearms by children and youth,; and" The Board of Directors recommended adoption by the Council of Representatives (which I assume has taken place) and is a addendum to the 1982 position paper in support of handgun control. I would like to open dialogue with other APA members related to this policy resolution. I is my intention to voice opposition to certain aspects of this recommendation. Wayne in Texas