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- From: urbin@interlan.interlan.com (Mark Urbin)
- Subject: Re: Clinton bans imports of guns&ammo already
- Message-ID: <urbin.159.727990648@interlan.interlan.com>
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- Organization: Racal-Datacom
- References: <1k0i70INNnl2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:37:28 GMT
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- In article <1k0i70INNnl2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bb063@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Christopher J. Crobaugh) writes:
- >At this weekend's gun show, a dealer I talked to who sells AKS's
- >claimed that on Friday the US State Department refused to issue
- >whatever permits (Form 6?) is required; the dealer claimed that
- >all firearm and ammo importing has stopped as of Friday (Jan 22).
- >I have no idea if this is true, but I suggest a flood of phone
- >calls to the Capitol switchboard (to call congressmen and senators
- >) starting at 0900 EST Monday Jan 25th.
- >It looks like the government of the United States is ready to
- >declare war on the citizens of same who insist on exercising
- >certain constitutionally guaranteed rights.
- Maybe putting off buying that SKS wasn't such a bad idea. The dirt cheap
- ammo for it won't be so cheap before long. I better start pricing rifles
- that use good `American' rounds.
-
- >
- >Also, BTW, someone last week or over the weekend asked for the
- >source of the quote
- > "A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT CANNOT BE PRACTICED IS NO RIGHT
- >AT ALL; IT'S AN ILLUSION."
- >
- >That little gem came to us from Senate Majority LEader George
- >Mitchell (D Me), who used the line in a speech to the
- >National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) on Friday
- >afternoon Jan 22. CSPAN was running the speech and I remembered
- >someone wanting it.
- Thanks, I'm the one who asked for it. Next question: What is George
- Mitchell's NRA/GOA rating?
-
- Mark Urbin Racal-Datacom Boxborough, MA urbin@interlan.interlan.com
- These opinions are mine. No one else will admit to them.
- Most people agree that the government is largely sluggish and ineffective.
- Then why do most people demand that it do everything for them?
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