On (06 May 95) Linda Thompson wrote to Gary Livermore...
 GL>
 GL>  FEDS SEIZE LARGEST EVER HAUL OF ILLEGAL AMMO
 GL>
 GL>  SANTA CLARA, Calif. - (AP)  Federal Agents said today they have
 GL>  seized more than 74 million rounds of illegally imported
 GL>  ammunition - the largest haul of bullets in the nation's history.
 GL>     Rollin B. Klink, special agent in charge of the U.S. Customs
 GL>  Office in San Francisco, said that contraband bullets seized
 GL>  Wednesday will fill forty, 40-foot truckloads as it is hauled
 LT> See how these sorts of laws work?  Now these guys are "criminals" merely
 LT> for
 LT> where the country the bullets were made in!  Not the bullets themselves,
 LT> but
 LT> where they came from (supposedly).
 LT>
 LT> Gee, if they were available in THIS country, would it even have been an
 LT> issue?
 LT>
 LT> Why aren't they available?  The same people that made the laws on
 LT> availability here in this country are deciding who can send ammo into 
this
 LT> country.
 LT>
 LT> Another coincidence.
 LT>
What gets me is, I thought China was given "most favored nation"
status.  What happened to the so called "free trade" crap they
had to create to cover up the fine print?
Hopefully, the company will have the money and resourses to fight
this.   It really stinks.
      
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