[Rhodes22-list] Yes, It Was a Bushmaster
Rik Sandberg
racerrik@rea-alp.com
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 23:47:54 -0600
Steve's absolutely right,
The problem isn't "lack of laws". The problem IS lack of people who give a
shit about them.
We can't enforce the laws we have now, what good are more going to do????
Just make a big PITA for the honest guy.
And, here's a something to think about.
Those that give up their freedom in pursuit of security, WILL HAVE NEITHER.
Don't know who said it, but it's been proven to be true.
A couple of quotes.
"Certainly the intrinsic value of life and the duty to love oneself no less
than others are the basis of a true right to self defense...Legitimate
defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible
for another's life, the common good of the family or of the state.
Unfortunately, it happens that the need to render the aggressor incapable
of causing harm sometimes involves taking his life, In this case the fatal
outcome is attributable to the aggressor whose actions brought it about,
even though he may not be morally responsible because of a lack of the use
of reason."
Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Letter from 1995 EVANGELIUM VITAE
"When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in
peace".
Jesus Christ [Luke 11:21.6]
"Where the choice is between only violence and cowardice, I would advise
violence."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, History will look
upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."
Mahatma Gandhi, [Gandhi, An Autobiography, M. K. Gandhi, Page 446
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to
shoot back with your own gun".
The Dalai Lama, (May 15, 2001, The Seattle Times)
I'm not real sure cause I'm not too much into politics and stuff, but I'm
pretty sure a couple of these guys might be considered pacifists. No?
Rik
At 11:48 PM 10/29/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> The funny thing about the gun control lobby and Bill Clinton is that
> Clinton signed the legislation banning the import of military style
> assault rifles. The government agencies like BATF, Treasury, etc all use
> either close combat machine guns like H&K or high powered (hunting
> rifles)Remington 7mm magnums. Now I could shoot the Jackson off a $20
> bill at 500 yards with a hunting rifle and a good scope, but would be
> more likely to hit you with a slingshot and a rock than my AK at the same
> distance. Military assult rifles? HA! A sharp stick pointed at me in
> anger is an assault weapon! Better hope Ms Feinstein doesn't see this or
> she'll have all of the trees cut down too.(She'd have to battle Mr Gore first)
>
>Todd
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Rik Sandberg <racerrik@rea-alp.com>
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:02:42 -0600
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Yes, It Was a Bushmaster
>
>
> > Attaboy Steve, well said!!!
> >
> > Rik
> >
> >
> > At 08:08 AM 10/29/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> > >I can't believe the crap below. Bulletist
> > >fingerprinting. What a bunch of crap. A bullet
> > >fingerprint is only good for a small period of time.
> > >Evertime a bullet is shot out of a gun or everytime
> > >someone cleans thier gun---bulletist fingerprint
> > >changes. I don't say a lot much anymore but come
> > >on-stupidity is not a reason to pass a another dumb
> > >gun law. After all, isn't is against the law to
> > >murber. If that law doesn't stop anyone, then whats
> > >another gun law going to do. Try to get a little
> > >serious about this. Is a murderer going to buy a gun
> > >from a gun dealer!!!!!!!! Why would he do that when
> > >he can simply steal one!!!!!!! And then an honest man
> > >get the blame cause of some dumb gun law.
> > >
> > >I'm just glad we have a hunting season here in
> > >Arkansas on folk that are stupid. I just wish we were
> > >allowed to mount their heads:-)
> > >Steve
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Bill Effros" <bill@effros.com>
> > > > To: "R22 List" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:55 PM
> > > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Yes, It Was a Bushmaster
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Wednesday, October 25th, 2002
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear friends,
> > > > >
> > > > > Yesterday, Larry Bennett, a 16-year old, was shot
> > > > in the head after he was
> > > > involved in a minor traffic accident. You probably
> > > > didn't hear about it
> > > > because, well, how could he be dead if he wasn't
> > > > shot by The Sniper?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yesterday, an unidentified woman was shot to death
> > > > in her car in Fenton,
> > > > MI. You probably didn't hear about it because she
> > > > had the misfortune of not
> > > > being shot by The Sniper.
> > > > >
> > > > > Two nights ago, Charles D. Bennett, 48, an
> > > > apartment security guard, was
> > > > shot to death after confronting two teenagers in his
> > > > parking lot in Memphis,
> > > > TN. You probably didn't hear about it because the
> > > > sniper was too busy
> > > > sleeping in his car that night, and thus, poor
> > > > Charles was not shot by The
> > > > Sniper.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, The Sniper has apparently been caught, so we
> > > > can go back now to NOT
> > > > reporting the DOZENS of gun deaths that occur every
> > > > day, the ones that just
> > > > aren't newsworthy because they happen in all those
> > > > old boring ways -- unlike
> > > > the ways of The Sniper, who was interesting and
> > > > creative and exciting and
> > > > scary! He played so much better on the news.
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course, had Congress not caved in to the NRA we
> > > > would have known after
> > > > the first HOUR of the first day of the killings
> > > > three weeks ago that those
> > > > bullets were coming out of a rifle that belonged to
> > > > John Williams/Mohammad.
> > > > How would we know this? It's right there in the
> > > > state records in New Jersey:
> > > > this gun was purchased this past July, under the
> > > > name of John Mohammad!
> > > > >
> > > > > Many more people died needlessly in the days and
> > > > weeks after that first
> > > > hour of the shootings, and every one of their deaths
> > > > could have probably
> > > > been prevented had we had a national ballistics
> > > > fingerprinting data base.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you, Mr. Heston for this unnecessary
> > > > carnage. Thank you, Mr. Bush,
> > > > for supporting Mr. Heston and his group's agenda --
> > > > which protects only the
> > > > criminals.
> > > > >
> > > > > And thank you, Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., for
> > > > providing the gun used to
> > > > shoot the 13 people in the DC area. Bushmaster's
> > > > president, Richard E. Dyke,
> > > > was the Maine finance chairman of George W. Bush's
> > > > 2000 Presidential
> > > > campaign. According to Business Week, Dyke had to
> > > > step down as Bush's
> > > > finance chair "after reporters began quizzing him
> > > > about his business
> > > > dealings. Bushmaster Firearms Inc., is notorious for
> > > > using loopholes to
> > > > sidestep a 1994 federal ban on assault rifles." Bush
> > > > and Bushmaster. Too
> > > > tragically perfect.
> > > > >
> > > > > If everyone reading this letter (and you now
> > > > number in the millions) would
> > > > share this fact with just one person who is thinking
> > > > of skipping going to
> > > > the polls on Nov. 5th, I believe that on Nov. 6th,
> > > > Mr. Bush will have
> > > > neither the Senate nor the House doing his or
> > > > Heston's bidding. Americans
> > > > don't like people who assist serial killers in being
> > > > able to ratchet up
> > > > their kills because The Sniper knows that his
> > > > bullets are prohibited by law
> > > > from being traced to his gun.
> > > > >
> > > > > That, in a nutshell, is what the NRA is all about
> > > > -- and I implore all
> > > > responsible gun owners and hunters to join with me
> > > > in putting an end to the
> > > > NRA agenda once and for all. Don't give Bush his
> > > > majority on November 5th.
> > > > He's already seen to it that his cronies in big
> > > > business have wiped out your
> > > > 401 (K), and they are doing their best to see that
> > > > you are left with no
> > > > pension at all. That alone should be reason enough
> > > > to NOT pull a single
> > > > lever for a Republican on Nov. 5th. Send a message.
> > > > Do something brave.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yours,
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Moore mike@michaelmoore.com
> > > > www.michaelmoore.com
> > > > >
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