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To: JAWs
Well, I believe that a voluntary renunciation was later agreedd to at the post-WWI Hague Conferences, but.......

1.) I do not believe that this renunciation was ever codified in Treaty (i.e., the Washington Naval Treaty);
2.) Even if they were, I don't believe that any of these Treaty protections extend to non-signatories (i.e,. Bin Laden); and
3.) World War II pretty much completely voided the Washington Naval Treaties anyway.

12 posted on 09/17/2001 1:18:35 PM PDT by Uriel1975
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To: Uriel1975
In any case, subsequent history in no way diminishes the point that the founding fathers contemplated private ownership and operation of warships, and so could not have intended limits on assault weapons gun control advocates are talking about.
14 posted on 09/17/2001 1:32:19 PM PDT by thucydides
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