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27 August 1999, 08:49 AM

Devil's Advocate, listen carefully. I have taken my Prozak this morning, so I want to let this thread in on some very bad news.
Fully automatic weapons are very common where I live. Indian Tribes are not American, as in USA.
Calm down; Im only mildly bigoted. The US government recognizes Indian Tribes as Soverign Nations, and they are not subject to Federal law, as we are. They decided hereabouts some years ago to obtain a number of full-auto AK-47 rifles. When the police dep't mopunted a raid to confiscate them, the FBI made them stay clear of the Reservation. Somewhat worried, all local police dep'ts have issued submachine guns to their officers. Swat teams were also organized. As of now, it is an armed standoff. But, it has been all quiet on the Western front for years.
While guns are long range dangers to health, they are not as dangerous as a pipe bomb. And, a knife is much more dangerous than a gun. I have a police training film that shows the graphic results of a knife attack that began with 25 feet separation. On the street, a knife is a shank or a blade.
If you can reason with the Soverign Nations to turn in their full auto weapons, we would probably eventually abandon ours.
That kook you mentioned who killed the postman with a pistol was using one I have fired. When the original owner, a police officer I trained, turned it in to the dep't. it was sold to a dealer and the State, years behind in registration lost the paper trail.
I did not infer leftist leanings, only that your logic is more like Marx than Socrates.
Our state has had a total ban on full auto weapons since 1932. Can't even own a part thereof.
Incidentally, the "well regulated militia" was disbanded during the Kennedy presidency, when he abolished Civil Defense. Only Tennessee (that I know of} still has a militia. As near as anybody can figure, from 18 to 65 YOU are the militia.
And finally, as well armed as the local police are, we haven't had anybody run amok with a full or semi auto weapon for a long time. They seem to prefer driving to LA.

27 August 1999, 08:49 AM	#45 (permalink)
John Lawson Guest Posts: n/a	Devil's Advocate, listen carefully. I have taken my Prozak this morning, so I want to let this thread in on some very bad news. Fully automatic weapons are very common where I live. Indian Tribes are not American, as in USA. Calm down; Im only mildly bigoted. The US government recognizes Indian Tribes as Soverign Nations, and they are not subject to Federal law, as we are. They decided hereabouts some years ago to obtain a number of full-auto AK-47 rifles. When the police dep't mopunted a raid to confiscate them, the FBI made them stay clear of the Reservation. Somewhat worried, all local police dep'ts have issued submachine guns to their officers. Swat teams were also organized. As of now, it is an armed standoff. But, it has been all quiet on the Western front for years. While guns are long range dangers to health, they are not as dangerous as a pipe bomb. And, a knife is much more dangerous than a gun. I have a police training film that shows the graphic results of a knife attack that began with 25 feet separation. On the street, a knife is a shank or a blade. If you can reason with the Soverign Nations to turn in their full auto weapons, we would probably eventually abandon ours. That kook you mentioned who killed the postman with a pistol was using one I have fired. When the original owner, a police officer I trained, turned it in to the dep't. it was sold to a dealer and the State, years behind in registration lost the paper trail. I did not infer leftist leanings, only that your logic is more like Marx than Socrates. Our state has had a total ban on full auto weapons since 1932. Can't even own a part thereof. Incidentally, the "well regulated militia" was disbanded during the Kennedy presidency, when he abolished Civil Defense. Only Tennessee (that I know of} still has a militia. As near as anybody can figure, from 18 to 65 YOU are the militia. And finally, as well armed as the local police are, we haven't had anybody run amok with a full or semi auto weapon for a long time. They seem to prefer driving to LA.