[boris]

Sounds scary but I can't shake the feeling it is a fabrication. It's been around several times and I've not seen information conclusively authenticating it.

Snopes.com wouldn't bother either way.

--Boris

[Cloud William]

Sounds scary but I can't shake the feeling it is a fabrication. It's been around several times and I've not seen information conclusively authenticating it.

I can't recall ever seeing it authenticated on the gun-related message boards, so it's source is in question. However, it could certainly be the work of one of the more rabid members of the anti-gun crowd; it contains elements that some of 'em have dared to mention in an unguarded moment.

I can't ever recall seeing HCI disavow it, either; perhaps that speaks loudest of all.

FMCDH

[TLOne]

Even if this is a phoney memo it still would find many on the left in agreement with most or all of it's contents.

Sportsmen must realize that supporting pro 2A Democrats end up helping the antis hold power in government. The current Democrats must be defeated politically, then they might reject the socialist desires within their party or splinter into the old patriotic Dems w/o so many nuts.

[ninenot]

Could be a fabrication, except the line-item agenda is realistic, not smoke-and-mirrors.

On some points they push the edge a bit: licensing/restrictions on collections, fees for ranges, etc.--but I recall that NRA was quite exercised about the possibility of ANOTHER tax on .22LR--it had to come from somewhere.

[Redcloak]

This memo has never been shown to be either true or false. What's interesting, however, is that HCI does seem to be following the basic thrust of the memo. Much of what's in the piece was later proposed by HCI or their proxies. If it wasn't written by Sarah's minions, it certainly did a good job of guessing where they'd be going in the years that followed its release.