Re: how to get 1 out of 5

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In a message dated 10/9/03 7:18:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

A new analysis of FBI data has found that from 1998 through 2001, one in five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty was killed with an assault weapon.

http://www.banassaultweapons.org/

This link takes you to the VPC web page....hardly a credible source of factual data concerning firearms.

while i know the VPC tactics too well,
i also know that this "1 in Five" figure will be ringing in the halls of Annapolis this fall

The local Maryland gun ban lobby is having an "educational seminar" soon.
I'm sure they will disperse the 1/5 meme to all attendees.

http://www.afsc.org/events/baltimore.htm

23] – CeaseFire Maryland et al. is hosting a seminar on Sat., Oct. 18: Stop the Assault: Assault Weapons and why they must be banned. It goes from 9.30 AM - 12.30 PM in Levering Hall, JHU, Homewood Campus.

http://www.vpc.org/press/0305officer.htm
WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released "Officer          Down"—Assault Weapons and the War on Law Enforcement ,which reveals the threat of assault weapons to law enforcement officers throughout the United States. The 26-page study reveals that at least 41 of the 211 law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty between January 1,          1998, and December 31, 2001, were killed with assault weapon