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To: holymoly
This past weekend I was watching "Mail Call" on the History channel. The Gunny (yea I know it's only honorary because he was medically retired before reaching that exalted status) was doing a piece on the new semi-auto shotgun. That one has an 18.5 inch barrel, so would be legal under current (NFA) law. However the clip he showed to go along with his test firing, showed soldiers in MOUT operations using something much, much shorter. It looked like a Mossberg 590 in its "Cruiser" configuration, which has a very short barrel:

The point being that the very first federal gun control law, and the only one to be examined by the Supreme Court, was upheld (if it was, opinions vary) on a false basis. That tape would provide iron clad evidence that: "quot; a shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length" at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia" Maybe we need to get an NFA case started on its way to the SC based on a violation of the short barreled shotgun portion of the law. I'm sure the Gunny would be happy to supply the video. :)

Of course a machine gun case would serve as well, plenty of evidence about that can be obtained from most any combat video shot during the ongoing unpleasantness in southwest Asia.

10 posted on 07/18/2005 4:01:31 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
El Gato:

If memory serves, Sgt. Ermy was meritoriously promoted to Gunnery Sergeant by Commandant Marine Corps, in person, for his service to the Corps.

I saw a short video on it and Gunny was visibly touched and, for once, speechless...

Molon Labe

7.62mm
23 posted on 07/19/2005 6:40:35 AM PDT by 7.62mm ("Quis costodiet, ipsos costodes?" Juvenal, Satires 6, Line 347)
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