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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gao seng who wrote (209915)	12/13/2001 11:20:53 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Illegal sales already covered By Wayne LaPierre "Hezbollah is getting millions of dollars from Iran. They have plenty of weapons. They don't need a few shotguns from Dearborn." This quote from an Arab-American news editor exposes the flawed logic of America's anti-gun lobby. If private gun commerce by violent criminals, drug dealers or fugitives from justice — or illegal aliens — is the target, bear in mind that gun commerce by such persons — anywhere, anytime, under any circumstances — is already covered by federal criminal statutes. Simple gun possession by prohibited persons is a federal felony punishable by 10 years in a federal slammer. Foreign terrorists? It's a federal felony for an illegal alien to "ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition." That covers everything, everywhere. And if any person acquires a firearm with the intention of violating other laws — anti-terrorism laws, for example — that act, too, is covered by tough federal penalties. So, so-called "gun-show loophole" legislation, such as Sen. John McCain's bill, for example, wouldn't make what criminals or terrorists might do at gun shows any more illegal. It would make what decent citizens do illegal. With the anti-gun-rights advocates and their political axis in Congress cashing in on "terrorism" as their new watchword for gun control, our liberties are at stake as never before. They are using "terrorism" and "homeland defense" as an excuse to enact universal, national gun-owner registration and laws that would criminalize all now-legal, private, intrastate-firearms transactions — meaning all sales, trades, gifts — between peaceable persons. First at gun shows, then everywhere: in our homes, between friends and neighbors. If you own a gun, they want your name in a computerized federal database, profiling you on the basis of mere ownership of a firearm. And they want to paint you as unpatriotic for not surrendering your Second Amendment freedom. Our nation's 70 million firearms owners are not terrorists, and we must never pay the price for what evil people do. That was the message from pro-freedom voters in last year's elections. It rings just as true today. Wayne LaPierre is executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America. usatoday.com

To: gao seng who wrote (209915)	12/13/2001 11:37:27 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Night Before Payback 'Twas the night before Payback and all through the Land, They're running like rabbits in Afghanistan, Osama's been praying, he's down on his Knees, He's hoping that Allah will hear all his Pleas. He thought if he killed us that we'd fall and Shatter, But all that he's done is just make us Madder. We ain't yet forgotten our Marines in Beirut, And we'll kick your butt, with one heavy Boot. And yes we remember the USS Cole, And the lives of our sailors that you bastards Stole. You think you can rule us and cause us to Fear, You'll soon get the answer if you live to Hear. And we ain't forgotten your buddy Saddam, And he ain't forgotten the sound of our Bombs. You think that those mountains are somewhere to Hide. They'll go down in history as the place where you Died. Remember Khadhafi and his Line of Death? He came very close to his final Breath. So come out and prove it, that you are a Man, Cause our boys are coming and they have a Plan. They are our fathers and they are our Sons, And they sure do carry some mighty big Guns. They would have stayed home with children and Wives, Till you bastards came here and took all these Lives. Osama I wrote this especially for You, For air mail delivery by B-52. You soon will be hearing a thud and a whistle, Old Glory is coming, attached to a Missile. I will not be sorry to see your ass Go. It's Red, White, and Blue that is running this Show. strategypage.com