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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (10773)	9/18/2004 10:12:34 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Our founding fathers thought it was a good idea for citizens to own weapons. And again, the reason was for citizens to be able to defend themselves against a corrupt government. I think that law abiding citizens should be able to own any weapon that the government could potentially use against them. Criminals will own any kind of weapons that they can afford regardless of any law in place.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (10773)	9/18/2004 10:14:34 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

There has been some propaganda promoted lately that says that the AK-47 is now legal in the US. That is false.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (10773)	9/18/2004 10:16:21 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

The Mac-10 is also still against the law .. Even though many folks believe that when the assault weapons ban expired it also became legal .. Again .. fear being promoted mostly by the democratic party. Totally false.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (10773)	9/18/2004 10:50:41 PM
From: Wayners	Respond to of 27181

Ann, private citizens have always been able to buy machine guns. People own them because most have historical significance. They are also used to research and develop modern machine guns for use by the military. They have never been outlawed or banned at the federal level. A few states have banned them, but current owners have been allowed to keep theirs, under grandfather clauses. Machine guns are regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934. All machine guns have to be registered with the Federal Government. All machine guns registered prior to 1986 are registerable and transferable. Registered transferable machine guns can be very expensive...$4000 and up, but they are legal and always have been. These weapons are not readily available over the counter. The paperwork takes several months to process, there is an extensive background check, and they are not cheap. No registered machine gun has ever been used in a crime except for one used by a police officer to murder, I think his girlfriend. The bottom line is, law abiding people with no criminal histories have the same prerequisite trust requirements as police officers. We trust police officers with machine guns, why can't we trust other law abiding responsible adults with the same? Why do we need them? For research, development, investment, history, national defense.