Anti-gun Groups Cite Terror War in Quest for Clampdown on Gun Sales

http://www.foxnews.com ^ | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 | The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON

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[MindBender26]

Why would a man purchase a gun in Michigan and ship it to Lebanon, where any weapon your want, up to 23mm and RPGs, is readilly available on the street!!!

Brady Center has no shame

[gieriscm]

"For terrorists around the world, the United States is the great gun bazaar," the report said.

Whoever wrote this report has little or no understanding of economics. Decent-quality firearms, which is what you'd use to fight a war, aren't exactly inexpensive in this country. In the Middle East (where the fighting is), reliable knock-offs of AK's can be had for next to nothing - not to mention lower shipping costs, no export regulations or customs to deal with, etc.

The anti-self-defense crowd are all crying in their beer b/c there are a ton of people in the US who have made their first-ever firearm purchase since 9/11. These people are also getting trained, getting CCW permits, etc. They're buying pistols for protection, not long guns for sport - and that has the anti's worried, since their focus for the past few years has been on handguns.

[alfie]

one only has to watch the tube to see that the greatest gun bazaar in the world is in the middle east. what fools. you could probably get the latest model ak in palestine for under $50 u.s. around $1000 here. i know where i'd shop were i a terrorist.

[Cindy]

"Anti-gun Groups Cite Terror War in Quest for Clampdown on Gun Sales"

I guess the anti-gun groups don't understand the concept of CRIME PREVENTION.

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[Bubba_Leroy]

That's strange. I don't recall anything about the 9-11 hijackers using guns.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

YEA me either

[Bubba_Leroy]

Say, you don't suppose (GASP!) that the gun control crowd is using 9-11 to support their agenda?

[Standing Wolf]

Leftists are shameless, unprincipled parasites!

[July 4th]

Their whole study is garbage. What self-respecting terrorist is going to walk into a US gun show and drop $400 on a semi-automatic AK that he still needs to ship back to the Gaza Strip, Yemen, etc? Most good armaments come right out of ex-Soviet republics, at pennies on the dollar, and by the crate with zero restrictions. On top of that, you're not going to find any mortars/RPGs/mines at a gun show. (At least I don't think you will...)

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freeper Steve_Seattle sez:

"Whatever happened to the Dem's argument that we can't use the fear of terrorism as an excuse for undermining our own civil liberties?"

[Orion78]

China seizes and destroys over 600,000 guns

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[Zon]

But gun rights activists called the connection between gun laws and the 9/11 attacks hogwash. Andrew Arulanandam, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, said the Brady Center was trying to exploit the attacks in order to further its political agenda of getting more gun control laws passed at a time when firearm sales are up.

When I was in NLP-sales training one of the things I learned -- albeit a logical fallacy, yet still effective, -- is that any X can cause any Y. Seems that is the only basis the anti-gunners have going for them.

[meyer]

And speaking of China, would be terrorists would have no trouble finding not only free AK's scattered about in Afghanistan, but also tens of thousands of rounds of Chinese ammo. Why on earth would they buy them here?

[elbucko]

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