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                           Handgun Control Inc.
From: ingram@interaccess.com
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: HCI roots and goals
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 95 01:25:25 PDT
Organization: InterAccess, Chicago's best Internet Service Provider
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Combat Arms
2869 Grove Way
Castro Valley, California 94546-6709
Telephone (415) 538-6544
BBS: (415) 537-1777
March 3, 1991
AN ANALYSIS OF HANDGUN CONTROL, INC.
  The following document represents the research by a friend and client, 
Sashai
A. McClure. At the time of this writing, Sam (as she prefers to be called) is 
a
 undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. She has 
don
 a tremendous amount of research into Handgun Control, Inc. and it deserves 
to 
e read by all gun owners.
  Richard Bash
     -Your SysOp-
INTRODUCTION
  Handgun Control, Inc (hereafter abbreviated "HCI") is a difficult 
organization to research. In many aspects, the group is very secretive 
and reluctant, yet it is very open about others.  Interviews are easy to 
secure, but getting the same answer twice is a difficult proposition. Very 
few of my interviews yielded significant results other than revealing their 
penchant for mystery and secrecy.
  Most of the information accumulated and presented herein has been attained
through the oddest of sources. I found several computer bulletin board 
services (abbreviated BBS) to be quite helpful, particularly the Combat 
Arms BBS (see bibliography for address and telephone number) of Castro 
Valley, run by Mr. Richard Bash. Through his system, I was able to access
a national echo which relays messages nationwide. Other systems include
that of Mr. Neal Knox and that of the Berkeley Police Department ("The
Guardian"). Of these systems, only the latter had a neutral position in
regard to the gun control controversy, however all information (unless
otherwise noted) garnered through the BBS's that is presented herein has 
been confirmed through other sources and in most cases, by members of HCI.
  Great help was also afforded me by of all groups, the National Rifle 
Association. The people there were more helpful to my research than HCI 
was, supplying me with printed information (even information uncomplimentary 
to the NRA) and interviewees experienced with HCI.
  Oddly, HCI provided the most insurmountable barrier to my examination. 
In general, no one was able to give the same answers to the same questions 
twice, and repeated requests for information went unheeded. A mailed 
response was received only once: I had called pretending I wished to 
join and was sent a membership packet and several papers advocating 
gun control and gun elimination. Some allegations were substantiated,
some were not. Those pamphlets and leaflets which did include references
supplied only a very limited bibliography, mostly the same source repeated
several times.
  Phone calls also fell upon the proverbial deaf ears.  Interviewees 
(members, secretaries, receptionists and public relations personnel) 
while not incompetent, were generally uninformed and seemed to parrot 
the corporate line when uncertain. They did not appear to have thoughts 
of their own.  Interviews with more influential members could not be
secured.
  Thus with little provisions of printed materials and interviews, I 
was forced to consult with other organizations.  Most of my information 
has been confirmed to my satisfaction, except that on the formation of 
the organization itself. There are several stories wandering about on 
this subject and after several efforts to contact HCI on this matter 
and attaining no results, I have chosen to present the most plausible 
and substantiated report, that from Mr. Neal Knox's BBS.
  Virtually all my sources either have been or will be uploaded to
the aforementioned Combat Arms BBS in exchange for Mr. Richard Bash's
services. The reader may wish to check there first to view these 
sources, thus avoiding the hassle of having to track them down 
himself/herself.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
     1.)  Formation
     2.)  Organization and Membership
     3.)  Goals and Reasons for Existence
     4.)  Methods and Publicity
.  [ Continued In Next Message... ]
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