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- From: leem@jpl-devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Fletchette
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.180318.28608@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:05:00 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <9211181018.aa22003@claudius.pica.army.mil> erudnick@pica.army.mil (FSAC-SID) writes:
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- :Matt Moore writes:
- :#Any such ammunition would be illegal for American civilians
- :
- :Flechettes are made of steel, like their cousins nails :)
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- :And no they are NOT illegal for civilians, because while the AP bullet
- :bans are materials-oriented, they also specify HANDGUN ammunition. Notice
- :that 7.62mm NATO AP is banned because there are .308 handguns, while
- :7.9x57 Mauser AP is abundant.
- :
- :
- :Ed Rudnicki erudnick@pica.army.mil All disclaimers apply
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- Flechettes of any kind are banned in California and have been for a
- long time. This may also be true in other states.
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- Lee
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- "Mit Pulver und Blei, die Gedanken sind frei."
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- |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
- |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/354-1163 FTS 792-1163
- |leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV
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