Once again music gets the blame

[Paul Mather]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 07:50:23AM -0400, Ted Jackson wrote:
=> And, making guns illegal doesn't stop
=> criminals from getting them, as outlaws already have criminal records and can't buy
=> them legally anyway!

What, not even through newspaper ads and at gun shows?!?  I'm shocked! ;-)

I remember the brouhaha here in Virginia when the General Assembly
wanted to pass a law limiting people to buying only one gun PER MONTH.
(Yes folks, that's only a measly twelve guns per year.)  You should've
seen the feathers fly over that one!  I guess there are some pretty
avid "collectors" in Virginia... :-)

(Aside: Virginia is a major source of guns that eventually end up in
surrounding states that have very restrictive gun laws [I think New
York may be one of them].  Obviously there's good money to be made
buying guns in bulk in Virginia and selling them through "alternative
channels"---no-questions-asked---elsewhere.)

Cheers,

Paul.

PS: Is there a "gun of the month club?"  (How about a "two guns of the
month club?";)

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
 deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
        --- Frank Vincent Zappa