Crime and redemption: states are using fiscal scarcity to find more creative approaches to reducing crime. The most notable holdoit is Attorney General John Ashcroft.
American Prospect, The, December, 2003 by Kuttner, Robert
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BECAUSE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION A MERE five months out of the year, serving as a Lone Star state representative is not the most time-consuming of jobs. It's hardly unusual, therefore, that Ray Allen, the Republican chairman of the House Corrections Committee, has a couple of careers on the side.
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When he's not serving the good people of Dallas County, Allen runs the Academy for Firearms Training, where Texans who want to apply for a concealed-carry handgun permit can go and receive the required instruction. He also, along with his chief of staff, heads a company called ...
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