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From: cmort@NCoast.ORG (Christopher Morton)
Subject: Re: Ban All Firearms !
Reply-To: cmort@ncoast.org (Christopher Morton)
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 02:21:23 GMT
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As quoted from <1993Apr17.025258.7013@microsoft.com> by anthonyf@microsoft.com (Anthony Francisco):

> cmort:
> | If anybody wanted proof of the nonsense of the "you can't build guns" claim,
> | they need look no farther than the Philippines.  Amateur gunsmiths there
> | regularly produce everything from .45 automatics to full auto shotguns.  Now
> | if this guy wants to claim that the Philippines is either technologically
> | superior to the US or that their transportation is better than ours, all I
> | can say is that he's living in a fantasy world.
> 
> Unfortunately a few of those .45s blow up in your hands.

That's life.  First you marry Imelda Marcos, then you die! :)

> On the other hand, my compatriots built an excellent copy of a Beretta that
> I enjoyed using when I lived in the Philippines. Hmmmm.

And that's the HARD stuff to copy!

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