Opinion/August: Gun control laws do nothing to solve systemic violence
Richard J. August writes and testifies frequently on Second Amendment and other issues. He lives in North Kingstown. In 1972, the excellent black and white Western “Ulzana’s Raid” was released to critical acclaim but not much box office interest. Burt Lancaster plays civilian tracker John McIntosh, who goes on patrol with a cavalry troop chasing a band of Chiricahua Apaches who left the reservation to go on a rampage. Lancaster regarded this movie as in the top two of his career. The fierce, nomadic Comanches had driven the Chiricahua and other Apache tribes out of their territory in...