🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <2886@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> you write:
>In an article on the Bullet'n Board, Neal Knox
>describes how in the 1930's,
>the NRA leadership tried to have Congress
>ban the "devastating" .357 Magnum cartridge, using much
>the same arguments that were used to pass the "armor
>piercing bullet" ban.  Fortunately, a fellow named 
>Elmer Keith rallied the NRA membership against the
>"responsible sportsmen" in the inner circle.  Unfortunately,
>the inner circle supported the Copeland Bill which became the
>National Firearms Act, the basis for the federal regulation of
>silencers and fully automatic weapons.
>
>BTW, NRA members who are able, should plan to attend the
>annual meeting in Reno, NV this April.  Let's see if the inner
>circle will steal the Executive Vice-Presidency from Neal Knox.
>
>Jon Kaplowitz

I thought we were going to keep politics out of mod.rec.guns.  The
actions taken by the "inner circle" of the NRA is of interest, but 
comments for or against these actions is politics.  Is mod.rec.guns
going to air comments supporting the actions of the "inner circle"
of the NRA?

[ No, actually, this is not the intent of mod.rec.guns. Jon Kaplowitz is
fairly politically oriented, as Gun Enthusiasts go, but he has some
good points most of the time. Rather than alienate the portion of this
newsgroup that is interested in the mechanations of the NRA (myself included),
I have decided to post a reasonable number of related articles. A lot of
changes have come about as a result of recent congressional rulings, it's
not a bad idea to stay abreast. I will keep such postings down to a dull roar
(see one of my February postings for a more complete record of this
contraversy). - jh ]