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Gun Laws, Unhappy Locals Could Take Shine Off Olympic Biathlon
8 January 1998
Associated Press
NOZAWA ONSEN, Japan — The Winter Olympics may put this hot springs and ski resort on the international sports map, but villagers here are up in arms over the idea of rifle-toting biathletes shooting up the hillsides.
Japan's gun control laws — among the world's strictest — have presented officials with a host of difficulties for the biathlon, which combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiing.
Mitsu Sato, head of the village's Olympic preparations, said two... (GunPolicy.org)