I certain hope we dont think we have beaten this thing. Today I was reflecting on the time before the AWB, mainly the begining of the Klinton regime. I ran across a book in my library that was written in that period. A pro-gun, pro-God given right publication entitled: "Everything you wanted to know (and preachers were afraid to tell you) about gun control." My favorite quote from that book is a cliping from a news paper article. Its reads as follows:
"Bounty on weapons backfire on pastor"
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By Michael Romano
Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
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Two days ago, the Rev.Marshall Gourly made a fervent plea from the pulpit, offering a $100 bounty to anyone willing to surender a firearm.
But the Catholic priest"s personal plan for gun control took a bizarre twist yesterday, when it exploded like a rusty Saturday Night Special.
Takeing full advantage of the offer, self professed political gadfly, Robin Heid exchanged a cheap, 5 year old handgun for the $100 check- then announced to a television crew that he "planed to use the money as a downpayment on an assault rifle."
During the past ten years, everytime Ive read that Ive always gotton a chuckle. I called the author and inquired about buying a huge lot of these books and he sent me a boat-load for free. Ive passed them out to gun shops all over the country
Any reflections on the subject? The fight before the ban? I just hope people dont get lazy and let "them" have another victory.