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On Sun, 6 Nov 1994, John F. Haugh II wrote:

> There are private citizens who own jet fighters,

Back home (New York), there were several Korean War-surplus jet fighters 
in private hands, based at several upstate airfields. Not to mention the 
armada (gryn) based at Rheinbeck.

> and there are private citizens who own tanks,

As long as the weapons are deactivated, there are no restrictions on the 
private ownership of armor units, save those enforced by the individual 
states based on the weight of the vehicle. I checked this out a few years 
ago when Keesler AFB DRMO had three surplus DUKWs for sale. For the 
uninitiated, a DUKW is an amphibious landing craft capable of mounting 
msachine guns, chain guns, TOW missiles, etc.

> machine guns,

Pay a $200 tax and you are on your way.

> and even a few artillery pieces out there.

There are a couple of 2" field pieces sitting in front of a building on 
Bandera Road, about two miles from where I am sitting.

>  In Texas we even have a group that owns
> a few light bombers ...

There used to be a B-25 that lived at Stinson Field, about four miles 
from here just off Roosevelt Avenue.

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UTSA doesn't agree with me. They're wrong. | un-convicted victims of the U.S.
St. Dismas' Infirmary for the Incurably    | government in Waco, Texas -
Informed [_Synners_, Pat Cadigan]          | including over 20 children.
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