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Re: the spirit of rec.guns

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From: James P. Callison
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:09
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OK, applying the KISS principle, and input from the fine readership and 
Moderator, I've come up with this list. It's short, but it is, I think,
long enough to be useful.

	(PISTOL)	(RIFLE)		(SHOTGUN)	(RELOAD)
	(FULLAUTO)	(COMPETE)	(DEFENSE)	(AMMO)
	(FFL-NFA)	(LAWS)		(REVIEW)	(ADMIN)

Someone suggested that we use single-letter keywords; however, I think
that could tend to be confusing (is "R" rifle or reload?). So, I'm 
putting forth these short monikers instead. AMMO seems like it
could be covered under one of the other categories, but I'm thinking
that it could encompass the discussions of Black Talon vs. CorBon,
but that begs the question: where do you put 9mm vs. .45? I'd say
under (PISTOL)...but... That's something to think about.
(ADMIN) is a Keyword for the Moderator; (REVIEW) is for the book/gun/etc
reviews which occasionally show up here; (LAWS) is for requests for laws,
citations, etc. (as allowed by the charter and Moderator). The others
should be fairly obvious. Like I said, I tried to be broad enough to 
keep it simple, but narrow enough to be useful...

This is completely voluntary. If you don't want to use the keywords,
you don't have to (although I have noticed that some people are using 
them already :-). Although we are armed, we aren't holding a gun to
your head. ;-)

OK, guys and gals, let's have some feedback. If there aren't any major
objections to the categories, we'll move on to defining the subjects
which fall under the various categories...

					James

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