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To: mistermj who wrote (52986)	10/18/2002 4:24:49 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

mjfdl, But the NRA wants us to have anything that can be picked up and shoulder fired. Myself - I want a few SAM-7's in case any aircraft come at the house :-) John

To: mistermj who wrote (52986)	10/18/2002 4:25:22 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<..Lets keep the small arms as our Founding Fathers intended,and regulate the military stuff...>> That sounds like a reasonable compromise...lets fingerprint gunowners and get an UP-TO-DATE national database that will allow authorities to track criminals more effectively. -Scott@iprefertoflyfishandamnotafanofhuntingorguns.com

To: mistermj who wrote (52986)	10/18/2002 4:32:29 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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