TO´Harder to get? More expensive? Why in the world would you want to
  ´artificially jack up the price of ANY goods? Don't you think that
  ´$600 to $1200 or more was expensive enough? All that "ban" BS did
  ´was sell a record number of those weapons, because folks thought
  ´that they would actually be banned; and they sold at *twice* the
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that thinks that was. The
"supposed" ban or whatever they called it put more guns on the street
than ever in the black market than ever. Like you said people bought
the that would have never thought about it before. I'm talking about
people that really don't care. I know of two that the owners turned
around and sold them through newspaper ads negating all Federal laws. I
know of at least three that were stolen. All the "ban" did was put more
guns on the street and make a LOT of big time dealers VERY rich.
I still haven't got over the NRA letting this one get by.
John Duke  KE4TQP                   john.duke@nashville.com
 * 1st 2.00n #2317bt * 45ACP - Don't leave home without it.
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