From firearms-alert-owner Sun Jul 31 22:27:36 1994 Received: from localhost (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) id WAA22417 for firearms-alert-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jul 1994 22:25:04 -0700 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id WAA22411 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 1994 22:25:02 -0700 Received: from holonet.net (marvin.holonet.net [198.207.169.9]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.4) with ESMTP id WAA27772 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 1994 22:25:02 -0700 Received: from localhost (uucp@localhost) by holonet.net id WAA10098; Sun, 31 Jul 1994 22:09:57 -0700 Received: by prn-bbs.org (WILDUUCP! v1.00 ) Mon, 01 Aug 1994 05:08:11 GMT From: LEROY.PYLE@prn-bbs.org (LEROY PYLE) Message-Id: <5EAF8C99@prn-bbs.org> Subject: Neal Knox Alert To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Date: Mon, 01 Aug 1994 05:08:11 GMT Organization: The Paul Revere Network - (408) 292-2790 Sender: firearms-alert-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO July 30 update -- The crime bill -- with its ban on over-10- shot magazines and military-look semi-autos -- is expected to be voted on Wednesday, Aug. 2. There will be two critical votes -- on the rule allowing the bill to come to a final vote, and the vote on the crime bill itself. It is essential that you call your Congressman before Wednesday. Our best shot at defeating the bill -- or at least delaying it to death -- is to vote down the rule. Many members of the Black Caucus and opponents of the death penalty intend to vote against the rule, but don't want to vote against anything called a crime bill -- even if much of it has nothing to do with preventing crime. Rep. Henry Hyde -- who cast decisive votes for the so-called assault weapons ban -- has said he will vote against the rule and against the bill, calling it a "Wish list for frustrated socialists." Last night Jay Leno's opening joke poked fun at the crime bill -- talking about drug addicts playing midnight basketball. The Senate is waiting for the House to act. The Administration is trying to get the bill through both Houses by Saturday, but that's unlikely if there's a filibuster -- and there may be for Sen. Dole has called it a spending boondoggle. The extreme haste indicates how badly the Administration wants it, and the desire to wipe the Whitewater hearings out of the news. The so-called "assault weapon" provisions accepted by the House conferees is almost identical to what the House passed in May, except there are no restrictions on presently owned guns that would be banned from manufacture or importation. That is, there is no requirement to register those guns, or for the owners to maintain any special records if they are transferred. It bans 19 guns by make and model, plus the same generic descriptions in the Feinstein amendment, which would prohibit manufacture of about 150 additional models that have been made in the past. There are no restrictions on possession of existing over 10- shot magazines, but they could only be transferred as if they were firearms. Please get this information to as many gun owners as possible. We're killing other messages on this hotline so more can get through. =========================================================================== Bypassing the bias of broadcast media with the "narrowcast" function of the telephone line's information SuperHiway! The Paul Revere Network Multi-Line BBS (408) 947-7800, 279-0872, 947-7678 ===========================================================================