The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, April 4, 19893
Rise in handgun sales
troubles area officials
By KIMBERLEY MAXWELL
Staff Writer
Handgun permits and sales have
been increasing in the Triangle
during the past several years, and
the increase has some local offi-
; cials and residents worried.
The number of handgun per-
r mits in Wake County has
"increased every year since 1983.
About 3,767 handgun permits
. were issued in Wake County in
j 1988 only 3,493 we're handed
out in 1987.
One reason for the increase is
that people are more aware of
'crime, said Charles Dunn, deputy
director for the State Bureau of
Investigation. "They feel more
security in having a handgun."
He also said movies and tele
vision glamorized handguns.
- Don Hill, owner of Don Hill's
Lock and Gun Shop in Durham,
attributed the rise in the number
of handguns to lack of protection
from police. "Nobody wants to
'carry guns," he said. "The police
' .'department doesn't protect us, so
(the guns) do."
Hill said he noticed a change
' in the type of people who buy
handguns from his shop. "Women
Jare buying more to protect
themselves."
'r People are also buying hand
','guns to protect themselves from
'drug-related crimes.
"Drugs have gotten so bad,
(drug users) are doing anything
rthey can to get (drugs)," said P.L.
4 -Womble of the Wake County
Sheriffs Department.
"On an average day, 50 Amer
icans are killed with handguns. In
-Far Eastern and Western Euro
pean countries advanced indus
trial countries the level of gun
violence is minimal," said Howard
Aldrich, UNC professor of soci
ology and a member of Handgun
Control Inc.
Aldrich attributed this differ
: ence to two factors: Obtaining a
' handgun is easier in the United
States, and guns are more toler
ated in this society.
But a handgun permit is not
easy to obtain, Womble said. To,
be eligible for a permit in Wake
County, applicants must have
lived in the county for at least six
months.
When an applicant goes to
y apply for a permit, he or she must
bring a character witness. The
character witness must have
known the applicant for six
months and be willing to sign an
affidavit ensuring the good char-
. acter of the applicant, Womble
said.
The most crucial questions on
the permit application are about
previous felony convictions, past
or present substance abuse prob
lems and previous commitment to
a mental hospital. Positive
answers to these questions disqual
ify an applicant, Womble said.
The procedure in Orange
County is similiar. Three character
witnesses are necessary, but they
do not have to accompany the
applicant when he or she goes to
fill out the handgun permit appli
cation, said G. Nichols, deputy
sheriff for Orange County.
The application asks the same
questions as in Wake County,
Nichols said. Any refusals to issue
a handgun permit can be appealed
to a district court judge.
The increase in handgun per
mits frightens a number of people
in the public and private sector.
The solution to the problem is
to restrict the sale of guns, said
Jane Kelso, network coordinator
of Handgun Control Inc. The
organization's two basic goals are
to restrict the sale of assault
weapons and to make the appli
cation process of getting a hand
gun harder.
"You have to start somewhere,"
Kelso said. "Restricting availabil
ity will help; making it less easy
for these people won't hurt."
But Hill said: "Guns are not
easily accessible. The bulk of guns
used are for good use."
Howaird -University .president under fire
By CRYSTAL BERNSTEIN
Staff Writer
After years of controversy sur
rounding Howard University Presi
dent James Cheek, students, faculty
and alumni are now calling for his
resignation.
"There is evidence of gross mis
management in the university," said
Ewart Brown, a Howard alumnus
and Los Angeles physician. Brown
has helped to organize a committee
to force Cheek's resignation.
Howard University is a predom
inantly black private school in
Washington, D.C. The university has
a student body of approximately
12,000 and consists of 18 schools and
colleges.
Cheek had a base salary of
$179,375 last year; his income totals
nearly $250,00 when bonuses are
included. Chancellors at UNC and
N.C. State University earn $117,550
and $110,500, respectively.
Many faculty and students feel
Cheek has not earned his large salary
in recent years and criticize the
amount of interaction he has with
them.
"A large number of people believe
that he doesn't have a hands-on
attitude," said Richard Seltzer,
associate professor of political science
at Howard. "IVe been here 10 years.
IVe never even seen the man."
Cheek is even less accessible to
students, said Derrick Payne, editor
ial editor of the Hilltop, Howard's
student newspaper.
"He generally makes about three
public appearances on campus a year,
surrounded by his bodyguards," he
said.
Faculty members have left over the
years because they have little input
in university policy, Seltzer said. They
are also being recruited by universities
who will pay them more, he said.
Full professors at Howard received
$48,000 last year, while full professors
at UNC made $55,800.
Security officers' salaries are too
low as well, Payne said. Howard is
in a dangerous area of the city, and
the university population would be
endangered if guards left for higher
paying jobs, he said.
Many are complaining about the
deterioration of campus facilities,
especially dormitories and office
buildings.
"The dorm conditions are terrible,"
said Garfield Swaby, student body
president.
On one dormitory floor, only one
of four shower heads in the bathroom
functions, Brown said.
Faculty offices are cramped and in
disrepair, Seltzer said. Two or three
faculty members often share a single
office.
Financial aid is often delayed,
which presents difficulties for almost
70 percent of the student body who
depend on aid, Brown said. Annual
tuition, room and board costs $8,000.
"I turned in my financial aid
application last year, and it hasn't
been processed yet," Payne said.
Dissatisfaction with the university
administration was further inflamed
when Lee Atwater, chairman of the
Republican National Committee, was
appointed to the university's 32
member board of trustees. Students
disapproved of his appointment
because they sensed racial overtones
in his management of President
George Bush's presidential campaign.
Approximately 3,000 students
protested the appointment on March
6 by taking over the administration
building. Atwater resigned his trustee
post, and Washington Mayor Marion
Barry and the Rev. Jesse Jackson
were brought in to negotiate an
agreement between Cheek and the
students.
Cheek was not always so unpop
ular with students and alumni, Brown
said. During his first five years in
office, Cheek was one of the most
progressive college presidents in the
country.
Since 1969, the year he became
president of the university, the annual
budget has increased from $30 million
to $420 million.
But Cheek has made errors in the
selection of his administrative under
lings, Brown said.
Howard alumni are circulating a
petition and have taken out a full
page advertisement in the Hilltop
calling for Cheek's resignation,
Swaby said.
Brown has received more than 100
telephone calls within the last 30 days
supporting Cheek's resignation, he
said. He and other members of his
group anticipate that Cheek will
resign within the school year.
Alan Hermesch, director of the
Howard University relations depart
ment, does not agree.
"There have been rumors that
James E. Cheek is going to resign
almost since the very first years," he
said. "I don't think there's a university
in the country that doesn't have some
alumni that want the president to
resign."
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