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to: MATT SMITH
from: DEFOREST SPARKS
date: 1997-09-22 12:58:00
subject: Re: new laws

-=> As John Mudd was in thoughtful discussion with Matt Smith <=-
 JM> @MSGID: 1:106/1010.0 3425d322
 MS>     Most bills introduced never get out of committee.  That's because 
 MS> most are just posturing, or are so absurd that 
 MS> nobody takes them seriously.
 JM> Exactly, no body takes them seriously, therefore they get away with
 JM> the absurd. 
 MS>     Examples: Hillarycare, the bill to abolish the 
 MS> Second Amendment (introduced by Major Owens), the 
 MS> 10,000% handgun-ammo tax (introduced by Daniel 
 JM> 
 JM> Hillary herself said if she can't have her healthbill She would take
 JM> it a piece at a time.  
 JM> So now we have the Brady bill, and dozens of amendments being added
 JM> one by one.  
 JM> Instead of 10,000% they add 10% here and 15% there a step at a time.
 JM> chip, chip, chip
 JM> 
 If you don't believe it can happen look what they have done with
other items that are your personal property ie:  your car you can't
remove certain parts from your car with out getting a fine even if
you can prove that the car can and will run clean with out it,
such as the catalytic converter it was forced on us to remove lead
from exhaust when we had a choice of two type of gas, now we can
only use unleaded gas but you still cannot remove it even though it
is not needed any more.
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