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Dean
There were more than enough laws to combat
illegal use of guns by WWII, there is certainly no need
for ANY more!  We got a habitual cheat and liar in office
that can, and has put the entire country in harms way many
times in the last 5 years ... he has a button that can  launch
enough missiles to blow the world up, and we can't have
small arms?  There is NO LEGITIMATE need to control
sales or ownership of small arms further, and in fact, controls
should be lessened back to pre-68 levels.
I have nothing further to say to you, as its obvious you havent
changed from last year, and I just wish you werent making a living
selling-gun related materials.  When I found out today Tim modified your
QB bolt for more power using MY porting concepts I was really PO'd!
And I bet it was a "freebie" too!
ld
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Fletcheror wrote:
> In a message dated 98-04-06 15:08:19 EDT, you write:
>
> << I take it you never did join the NRA.  I guess theres little point in
> argueing
>  with a guy that thinks its reasonable to stop "gun trafficking" at 
unshows
>  and that believes some types of currently legal guns should be banned from
> sale is
>  there?
>
>  What bugs me is you make some of your living selling gun-related items!  I
>  personally
>  would never buy from you.
>
>  ld >>
> .
> Come on ld quit your spewing for a minute and try to actually READ the HCI
> press release (not the bogus "secret" letter) and say what it is you
disagree
> with.
>
> Isn't combating the illegal use and sale of guns in the interest of every
law
> abiding citizen?
>
> directly from HCI web site:
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>                              COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES HELP
>                         LAW ENFORCEMENT REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE
>
> (April 2, 1998, Washington, DC.) A survey and analysis conducted by the
Center
> to Prevent Handgun Violence
> (CPHV) of 48 large urban police departments demonstrate that new strategies
> developed to combat illegal gun
> trafficking and reduce gun violence are having a positive effect. ON THE
FRONT
> LINE: MAKING GUN
> INTERDICTION WORK shows that a strategic approach to gun crime, in which
every
> seized gun and every gun
> crime is treated as a piece of an interlocking puzzle, provides law
> enforcement with much better odds to combat
> the trade and use of illegal firearms.
>
> "Every large city in America suffers from an ongoing plague of gun crime,"
> said Sarah Brady, chair of CPHV. "But
> Boston, New York and other cities have demonstrated that we do not have to
> accept gun violence as a fact of
> life. This report will help law enforcement around the country in selecting
> the strategies that work best for them."
>
> This report is the culmination of two years of research that included a
> nationwide survey of urban police
> departments, wherein the respondents described their efforts to reduce gun-
> related crime in their jurisdictions.
> Eight site visits were made to police departments with comprehensive
> strategies. (Baltimore City, MD, Baltimore
> County, MD Boston, MA, Buffalo, NY, Kansas City, MO, Los Angeles, CA, New
York
> City, NY, San Antonio,
> TX.) The specific elements of these programs are presented as case studies.
>
> "The [eight] case studies of other cities," said New York City Police
> Commissioner Howard Safir, "were
> particularly interesting in that they gave me the opportunity to see how
other
> law enforcement agencies are
> dealing with the proliferation of firearms."
>
> Although each city developed its own successful strategy for reducing gun
> violence, certain common elements
> are stressed by the report, including:
>
>     Cooperation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
(ATF)
> in exploring joint initiatives and
>     effective methods of using the ATF’s gun tracing data.
>
>     Standardizing gun crime investigative procedures so that each
> investigation covers persistent areas of
>     concern -- and entering the information in a local gun database so that
> the intelligence may be shared with
>     other units within the agency. These methods ensure that every time a
gun
> is seized, the circumstances of
>     that gun’s entry into the community are aggressively pursued.
>
>     An emphasis on regulatory enforcement of firearms dealers; although 
ost
> federally licensed gun dealer
>     transactions take place within the constraints of the law, one corrupt
> dealer can put hundreds of guns into
>     criminal trafficking networks.
>
>     Special gun trafficking training for law enforcement officers,
including:
> refresher courses in the laws
>     governing search and seizure; specific elements of gun crimes; gun
> trafficking indicators; techniques for
>     officer safety; and firearms recognition.
>
>     Establishment of priorities with local prosecutors and legislators. In
> some localities, local prosecutors
>     increased emphasis on gun trafficking; in others, legislators looked to
> close loopholes in gun laws that may
>     lead to crime.
>
> Additionally, most of the participating law enforcement agencies agreed on
> four necessary steps for gun violence
> deterrence:
>
>     Taking guns away from criminals and youth by intensive and focused
> patrolling, effective warrant service,
>     and in-depth interviews of everyone involved with gun-related crimes,
> including witnesses.
>
>     Deterring the use of guns through aggressive investigation of 
hootings,
> computerized offense tracking, and
>     patrols by off-duty officers where there is a high risk of gun 
iolence.
>
>     Removing repeat offenders from the community, including the use of
> interagency and multi-jurisdictional task
>     forces to track and arrest career criminals.
>
>     Offering alternatives for at-risk youth -- through school, community
> center and religious programs.
>
> For copies of ON THE FRONT LINE: MAKING GUN INTERDICTION WORK, contact the
Law
> Enforcement
> Relations department at the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence at (202)
> 289-7319.
>
> --
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