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To: mistermj who wrote (52986)	10/18/2002 4:32:29 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi mjfdl; Re: "Lets keep the small arms as our Founding Fathers intended,and regulate the military stuff." The "Founding Fathers" allowed the private ownership of any military weapon at all. They placed no limitations on, for example, how many guns a private ship could mount. The result was that during the war of 1812, privateers mounted 5x as many cannon as US government owned ships, and captured 5x as many enemy ships. These are well known facts of military history. See, for example, the US Merchant Marine organization website: usmm.org -- Carl

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