On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:18:44 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
Now, if, next week, someone demonstrates a gun or some other physical offensive weapon easily manufacturable using off the shelf parts at $10 a pop with less than $50 start-up costs (these numbers must include the entire mechanism; in the case of a gun, it would include the bullets).
Operational homemade firearms are often found to have been built by convicts in high security prisons... Check with the NRA or with the NFA (Canada) e-mail: nfadat@telusplanet.net Web site: http://nfa.ca/ Ask David Tomlinson for info on the topic, he'll tell you... Ciao jfa Definition: FACISM: n.: a political and economic movement, strongly nationalistic, magnifying the rights of the state as opposed to those of the individual, in which industry, though remaining largely under private ownership, and all administrative political units, are controlled by a strong central government. ------------------------------------------------- "One of the ordinary modes by which tyrants accomplish their purpose, without resistance, is by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms". - Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice. ------------------------------------------------- the German gun control laws were enacted by the "liberal" Weimar Republic government that preceded Hitler, and were a strong aid to his coming to power -- because they disarmed Hitler's opponents, and Hitler's adherents ignored them -- as criminals have always ignored gun control laws. Disarming the public is a frequent first step toward dictatorships and genocides. Once the disarming is complete, the public is helpless against those who have the guns. ------------------------------------------------- PGP keys: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C