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To: Ilaine who wrote (17731)	4/25/2007 9:07:54 PM
From: Slagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218703

CB, I still have a small stack of "American Rifleman" magazines from the 1950's that came with my NRA membership which was a gift from my favorite uncle. No lifetime though, but maybe I should consider it. I am afraid the NRA may have its hands full in the next few years. I am more interested in long guns, but as I have mostly lived in a rural place where I could just walk outside and shoot a high powered rifle in any direction I liked, a rifle fit the bill nicely and I especially like vintage military bolt actions, there is just so much history there. But if I lived in a city a pistol would probably make more sense. I go to lots of Florida gun shows. What an encouraging experience! Very large crowds and you see our best and our brightest, and LOTS of young folks, lots of young couples. Always such a nice decent, polite crowd, none of the whack jobs you see wandering around sports events and theme parks. Glad to hear your kids like to shoot. Slagle

To: Ilaine who wrote (17731)	4/25/2007 11:38:09 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 218703

Not anymore, but there were huge lobbies for and against the bow and arrow a mere thousand years ago, and then Robin Hood showed how the arrow could be used for good, not just evil. A low level debate raged for over twenty-five thousand years, ending about ten thousand years ago except in the New World, regarding whether everybody, or nobody, should be permitted to carry a rock. It was deemed too advanced and thought likely to threaten caves, er, civilization. Proponents eventually prevailed after pointing out (no pun intended) the spear balanced out power evenly. And the debate ended once and for all when a huge spear thrower nicknamed A-Rock swung his stick at an incoming rock and knocked it out of the park.