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On KNX 10.70 radio (Los Angeles) on 4/15/01, announced that handgun sales
have had a 53% decline in sales since 1993. They site repugnance over the
Columbine incident, increasing violence and the generalization that those
who want handguns already have their fill. They also allege that the
firearms industry will never recover from such losses in the future.
Hogwash!

Of the handguns produced, Smith and Wesson was the largest handgun
distributor and manufacturer in the country, very possibly the rationale
should also include a public backlash against that British owned corporation
for selling out.

What is not mentioned also is the firearms industry lawsuits, and that the
manufacturer's themselves have arbitrarily eliminated or reduced product
lines to save monies and reduce lawsuit exposure.

Another aspect that should be mentioned is the price of a handgun has
dramatically increased since 1993; and therefore very possibly the buying
public has opted for fewer but very possibly higher grade guns for their
personal inventory. This is true in our case and our clients cases.

The number of handguns in this country per the NRA is at best an estimate as
the number of guns returning with soldiers following all the military
actions this country has been involved in since conception of the nation are
estimates; however, best intellegent guesses place the number of the
infamous handgun at about 90 million, give or take a few. Well that is one
for every three people living in this country as reported in the latest
census which showed our population at 270 million. This of course does not
include the 25 million illegals presently in this country who did not
participate in the census out of fear of being deported.

Is the handgun industry dead; hardly think so, just visit the DOJ approved
safe handgun list and you will see over 400 different variants offered for
sale which include many of the so called saturday night specials.
Interesting.

What is a saturday night special or assault weapon? By legal terms, a
firearm does not exist unless there is a drawing or specification number
filed with the patent office calling for such a weapon design. With the
assault rifle, there is no drawing, blueprint, mil-spec, federal stock
number (fsn) or national stock number (nsn) which defines such a weapon
therefore under law it does not exist; therefore suggest that the gun
control act of 1996 is in direct conflict with the federal government
regulatory affairs office and therefore not inforceable under law. Lets do
something about it then and write our new president to repeal the Brady Bill
and any other legislation which derived its source from the GCA of 1996, in
specifics, the California Assault Rifle Ban, SB236 Roberti which started it
all!

If we do not take a stand now, we do not deserve to own and possess a
firearm.

Bear