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<text id=89TT0776>
<title>
Mar. 20, 1989: American Notes:Denver
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Mar. 20, 1989 Solving The Mysteries Of Heredity
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 31
American Notes
DENVER
Gun Control at The Altar
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<p> Parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in
Denver got an unusual proposal last year from their pastor. If
they would turn in their guns, the Rev. Marshall Gourley told
them, he would give $100 for each of them. Tired of officiating
at the funerals of shooting victims, the priest has mounted a
crusade against handgun violence.
</p>
<p> Starting with a bankroll of $2,000, Gourley managed to
collect 35 handguns, four shotguns and $800 in special donations
before running out of money last week. Some of the gun traders
could not be paid, but they did not seem to mind. Yet not all
of them had the purest motives. One man vowed to use his cash
bounty as a down payment on an assault rifle. Another threatened
to kill the priest. Still others bought cheap $30 guns and sold
them to Gourley for a $70 profit.
</p>
<p> Undaunted, Gourley hopes some good will come out of his
efforts: he wants to melt down the weapons for a new church
bell. "We just want people to think Denver is not the O.K.
Corral," he said.
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