Hell, when I transfer busses in the Tenderloin at 5am, I wish I had one with me.
;) ~bgl --> -----Original Message----- --> From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:56 AM --> To: CF-Community --> Subject: RE: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban --> --> Ok, --> And in another 100 years when they are killing you for speaking --> your mind, or wanting to vote? You would sure wish you could have that --> AK in the closet then. --> --> -----Original Message----- --> From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:52 PM --> To: CF-Community --> Subject: Re: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban --> --> --> I'm all for being able to have guns, but people dont need to have --> ASSAULT --> weapons. --> --> Someone breaks into your house capping them with 3 or 4 shots from a --> rifle --> or gun is as good as unloading a clip of 30 into their torso with an --> assault --> rifle --> --> --> --> --> ----- Original Message ----- --> From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:32 PM --> Subject: Re: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban --> --> --> > San Francisco, CA... no surprise. --> > --> > At 12:14 PM 12/6/2002 -0500, you wrote: --> > >Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban --> > > --> > >Thu Dec 5,10:36 PM ETAdd U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! --> > > --> > >By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer --> > > --> > >SAN FRANCISCO(AP) - A federal appeals court unanimously upheld --> > >California's ban on assault weapons Thursday, saying --> > >individuals had no right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. --> > > --> > >"The historical record makes it equally plain that the amendment was --> not --> > >adopted in order to afford rights to --> > >individuals with respect to private gun ownership or possession," --> Judge --> > >Stephen Reinhardt wrote in the 9th U.S. Circuit --> > >Court of Appeals decision. --> > > --> > >Weapons owners challenged amendments to a 1989 law that originally --> > >outlawed 75 high-powered weapons with rapid-fire --> > >capabilities. The Legislature passed the nation's first law banning --> such --> > >weapons after a gunman fired a semiautomatic --> > >weapon into a Stockton school yard, killing five children and --> injuring --> 30. --> > > --> > >Following California's lead, several states and the federal --> government --> > >passed similar or even stricter bans. --> > >In 1999, California lawmakers amended the law to ban assault weapons --> based --> > >on a host of features instead of specific --> > >makes and models - a move that outlawed hundreds of so-called copycat --> > >weapons not clearly defined in the initial law. --> > > --> > >"While I respect the rights of Californians to pursue hunting and --> sports --> > >shooting, and of law-abiding citizens to --> > >protect their homes and businesses, there is no need for these --> military --> > >style weapons to be on the streets in our --> > >state," said Bill Lockyer, --> > >California's attorney general. --> > > --> > >The National Rifle Association said it was disappointed with the --> ruling. --> > > --> > >"From an organizational standpoint, for 131 years we've been standing --> > >steadfastly to protect the freedoms of all law --> > >abiding Americans and stand steadfastly that the Second Amendment is --> an --> > >individual right and will continue to do so," --> > >said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam. --> > > --> > >Arulanandam said it was too early to tell what the effects of the --> decision --> > >would be. --> > > --> > >Attorneys for the suing gun owners did not immediately return phone --> calls --> > >Thursday. --> > > --> > > --> > --> --> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
