The Ruffin family figured in Virginia's social and intellectual history throughout the colonial and early national periods.

A national waiting period could severely inhibit that deadly black market.

It would require a national seven-day waiting period for handgun sales from gun dealers.

Some politicians are now calling for a national 5-day waiting period to purchase a handgun.

Wilentz' historical scholarship has focused on the importance of class and race in the early national period, especially in New York City.

In the romantic national period, the farmer often came to represent the Norwegian people as a whole, hence the representation.

After his death, the government declared a national period of mourning.

The legislation would impose a national seven-day waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a handgun.

Surveys show, for example, that the public overwhelmingly favors a national waiting period before purchase of a handgun.

It could also require a uniform national waiting period between purchase and delivery of a gun to allow for a check of the purchaser's background.