re: Gun Legislation

[Robert Moore <oshkoshc1@moscow.com>]

	Marc,
Thankyou for the repliy.  I'm not going to bs you and say that I knew
everything about this subject nor did I ever imply that I just don't like
the thought of the guns that you and I mentioned in the hands of people
that shouldn't have them.  I still don't think they are guns that need to
be sold to the general public.

Robert>
>Ah, the infamous Black Rhino round.  It was claimed to do a few interesting
>things by its manufacturer, Signal Products Corporation of Alabama, such
>as:  it would go through body armor and then fragment into many pieces
>causing much death and destruction.  Only a few things were wrong with this
>whole thing.  It was a lie.  A hoax.  Whatever you want to call it.  No
>such bullet was ever demonstrated to do anything more than a normal bullet
>could do.  The company could not deliver one for independent testing.  Then
>they said they would delay manufacturing to let the public furor die down.
>Guess what--they never even had an FFL (federal firearms license) to
>manufacture ammunition.  It was never banned because it never existed.
>
>The initial panic in the armor piercing bullet market started a few years
>ago when KTW was going to make a solid steel bullet and teflon coat it.
>Gasp!! The famous "KTW cop-killer" bullet appeared.  Big weeping and
>wailing and gnashing of teeth!  If one only got his entertainment from the
>television or the newspapers, it is obvious this is an evil thing.  These
>media did not mention a few other facts.  
>1. The bullet was never manufactured or was it meant to be manufactured for
>public use.  It was a test bullet.  
>2. Steel on steel is *bad* for barrels.  Lead, and to a lesser degree,
>copper is self-lubricating on steel.  *Good* for barrels.  The teflon was
>placed on the bullets to reduce barrel wear.  Cop killing was never in the
>design specifications.  
>But, be what may, paranoia gripped some people in DC and now AP handgun
>rounds are evil.  Even though not one cop has ever been killed by an AP
>round going through his vest.  Zero.  Nada.  Zip.  It is a non-problem.
>
>And I agree 100% with you.  The AK-47 was never designed as a hunting
>weapon.  It was specifically designed to wound humans.  I don't see what
>its "hunting use" has anything to do with ownership of one.  I don't own
>one, but not for that reason.  I do own some guns that would be an even
>worse choice for hunting.  My main beef with the AKs are some of the
>features (Kalishnikov was having a *bad* day when he designed the dust
>cover/safety) and the general feel of the weapon.
>
>Still politically incorrect--
>
>Marc
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