re should anybody be permitted to own a bmg rifle in article jcehc cunyvm bitnet jcehc cunyvm bitnet writes path nntpd cxo dec com pa dec com decwrl ames saimiri primate wisc edu zaphod mps ohio state edu howland reston ans net usenet ins cwru edu news ysu edu psuvm cunyvm jcehc organization city university of new york date wednesday apr edt from jcehc cunyvm bitnet message id jcehc cunyvm bitnet newsgroups talk politics guns subject should anybody be permitted to own a bmg rifle lines for the moment forget about batf incompetence or fbi hubris did anybody catch rep charles shumer on the news last night holding up a bmg cartridge and rhetorically asking if anybody should be allowed to own one of these i presume he meant the rifle for which it is chambered and not the cartridge which you can get for a buck so what s your guess for the upcoming anti gun agenda a ban on heavy caliber rifles read bmg a ban on sniper rifles a ban on stockpiling guns and ammunition btw shumer is perhaps the most misinformed congressman i have seen on the news i wonder how he finds the floor in the morning michael f gordon jcehc cunyvm cuny edu vote as you shot th cent republican campaign slogan shumer is not mis informed he knows full well what he is doing if you look at his other votes and positions as an agent of redistribution of wealth property in this country to him guns and personal freedom are incompatible with his obvious world view they are a threat to the order he would impose r it collectivism vs individualism is an ancient conflict men have come close to the truth but it was destroyed each time and one civilization fell after another civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy the savage s whole existence is public ruled by the laws of his tribe civilization is the process of setting man free from men ayn rand roark s speech from the fountainhead i don t speak for my company we hire the politically correct to do that
