At 8:14 AM -0800 11/2/97, Tim May wrote:
One of the more interesting images I ever saw was a photo in one of the gun mags of a friendly meeting in the U.S. between Eugene Stoner, principal designer of the AR-15 (the M-16 in its military version) and Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose name needs no further explanation.
I suppose tree-hugging peaceniks would be aghast at a meeting between these two merchants of death. I, being an antigovernment type, was nevertheless impressed.
As a tree-hugging, peacenick, gun lover, I would have loved to hear the conversation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Internal surveillance | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | helped make the USSR the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | nation it is today. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA