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From: jkh@jade.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns
Subject: History repeats itself
Message-ID: <2886@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 20:56:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 20:56:48 1987
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Article: 3:31

In an article on the Bullet'n Board, Neal Knox
describes how in the 1930's,
the NRA leadership tried to have Congress
ban the "devastating" .357 Magnum cartridge, using much
the same arguments that were used to pass the "armor
piercing bullet" ban.  Fortunately, a fellow named 
Elmer Keith rallied the NRA membership against the
"responsible sportsmen" in the inner circle.  Unfortunately,
the inner circle supported the Copeland Bill which became the
National Firearms Act, the basis for the federal regulation of
silencers and fully automatic weapons.

BTW, NRA members who are able, should plan to attend the
annual meeting in Reno, NV this April.  Let's see if the inner
circle will steal the Executive Vice-Presidency from Neal Knox.

Jon Kaplowitz