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88 S. Cal. L. Rev. 165 (2014-2015)
McDonald Does Dallas: How Obscenity Laws on Hard-Core Pornography can End the Nation's Gun Debate

handle is hein.journals/scal88 and id is 175 raw text is: NOTES MCDONALD DOES DALLAS: HOW OBSCENITY LAWS ON HARD-CORE PORNOGRAPHY CAN END THE NATION'S GUN DEBATE JOHN KOREVEC* I. INTRODUCTION Hundreds of terrified parents arrived as their sobbing children were led out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School... . By then, all of the victims had been shot and most were dead, and the gunman, identified as Adam Lanza, had committed suicide. The children killed were said to be 5 to 10 years old.1 The Sandy Hook shooting marks December 14, 2012 as a tragic day in American history.2 Unfortunately, Newtown, Connecticut is not alone * J.D., 2015, University of Southern California Gould School of Law; M.Sc., International Relations 2012, The London School of Economics and Political Science; B.A., International Political Economy 2010, Fordham University. Thanks to Professor Lee Epstein and Professor David Cruz for their help, guidance, and support throughout the research and writing process. In addition, thanks to all the members of the Southern California Law Review for their edits, suggestions, and time. However, all errors are my own. This Note's title references Debbie Does Dallas, an adult film released domestically in 1978 during the golden age of porn. 1. James Barron, Nation Reels After Gunman Massacres 20 Children at School in Connecticut, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 14, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/nyregion/shooting-reported-at- connecticut-elementary-school.html. 2. Michael Martinez, Newtown a Year Later: Nation Reflects on Legacy ofIts 2nd-Deadliest Mass Shooting, CNN (Dec. 14, 2013), http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/14/us/newtown-sandy-hook- shooting-anniversary/ (Horror struck Newtown, Connecticut, in such a disturbing way that the nation 165

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