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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (17369)	4/24/2000 1:39:00 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I refer you to the current debate on "gun control", a euphemism for civil disarmament. Clinton has de-escalated to "gun safety" for a while. Hunters can breath easy, he used to hunt when he was younger. Let's see... in 1934 a $200 tax on a $10 shotgun shouldn't be construed as infringing on 2nd. And it was eerily similar to the Stamp Act of 1765, which sought revenue from newspaper, legal and commercial documents. Thompson sub-machine guns sold at Sears for $125 and silencers were $2 (still legal in Sweden for hunting...saves the hearing) and a Ford worker made about $200 a month. If only Miller had showed up in court with his attorney (or the NRA) after all shotguns were issued for military use and Stevens sold them.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (17369)	4/24/2000 2:12:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

gun control I find it puzzling that conservatives have the idea that if the government becomes a dictatorship that widespread availability of small caliber weapons would stop the process. That is not how dictatorships obtain and hold onto power. The only safety in this regard is institutional. The government needs to be kept divided among different branches and parties while the people jealously guard their freedom of speech, press, and honest elections. Guns (and drugs) are mainly an issue of public health. TP