From: vojak@icebucket.stortek.com (Bill Vojak)
Subject: Response to Clinton
Originator: vojak@icebucket.stortek.com
Organization: Storage Technology Corp.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:10:36 GMT

Here is a copy of the letter I just E-mailed to Clinton
at 75300.3115@compuserve.com.

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Mr. Clinton
RE:
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>            CLINTON/GORE ON GUN CONTROL

>Every year, more than 20,000 Americans are killed
with handguns; many thousands more are injured.  

Approx 10,000 are suicides where the people involved
would just find other methods.

>A large and growing number of these victims are
>killed by semi-automatic assault weapons which have
>no legitimate sporting purpose.  The streets of our
>cities have become gun bazaars.  We must make them
>safe again.

Check you FBI statistic. This number is < 1-2% of
all firearm criminal usages. Define "semi-assault"
weapon. Are you aware that the ONLY 2 abuses of
legally owned FULLY automatic weapons in this 
Country were by POLICE OFFICERS!

>The large majority of gun owners are law-abiding
>citizens who use their guns in a responsible
>manner.

So the rest of us have to suffer for the 1% who
misuse firearms?

>Support the Brady Bill

Not! It is the most poorly written, loophole ridden,
bill ever to come out of Congress.  The Staggers
bill would have accomplished what the Brady Bill
claims to do, without infringing on the rights
of individuals, AND without allowing biased
discretionary denials by local police chiefs.

>Al Gore was a primary author and
>cosponsor of the Senate version of the Brady Bill,
>which includes a background check.  Bill Clinton
>has endorsed the Brady Bill.

Doesn't say much about Al Gore or Bill Clinton.

>*    Ban semi-automatic assault weapons that have
>     no legitimate hunting purpose and support the
>     right of local law enforcement officials to
>     ban such weapons when gangs move into their
>     neighborhoods.

What about target shooting, self defense, pest control? Lots
of us who shoot DON'T hunt! BTW: Many so called semi-automatic
assault weapons DO have legitimate hunting purpose, and target
shooting purposes, and self defense purposes. What about LA.
Or how about what's happening in Florida today? Over HALF of
all households have guns. There are more guns than cars, yet
cars kill twice the number of people than ALL uses of guns.

(sarcasm mode on)
Will you support a ban to limit all cars to 100 HP?  After
all, what do decent honest people need all that Horse Power
for. The only people who need it are criminals trying to evade
the police. And think of the savings in gas consumption on
a National level. 
(sarcasm mode off)

>*    Limit access to multiple-round clips like the
>     ones used in the tragic killings in Killeen,
>     Texas.

If you truly think that there is a difference between being armed
with 1 30 round magazines opposed to 2 15 round magazines, you live
in a dream world. What's next, a 2 round limit for magazines?
BTW: You show your ignorance of firearms by referring to them as 
"clips". Clips are metal webbing/strip which hold groups of cartridge
together in an open/exposed fashion. This is only used in a very limited
set of military arms.  The correct term is "MAGAZINE". 

>Get tough on crime

Great! Lets see you support the DEATH PENALTY FIRST!

>*    Create a National Police Corps and offer
>     veterans and active military personnel a
>     chance to become law enforcement officers at
>     home.  This will add 100,000 new police
>     officers to the streets.

Here's a design for their shoulder patches. Just be sure
to have them wear Brown Shirts.

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>*    Enact tougher sentences for criminals who use
>     guns.

>*    Implement a federal program for safe schools
>     so children can concentrate on learning.

>*    Create boot camps for first-time non-violent
>     offenders.

>*    Develop strong anti-gang initiatives, and
>     empower public housing residents to get rid of
>     drug dealers.

I have no problem with these. But how about tougher sentences for criminals
who use ANY kind of weapon.  What? A knife can't kill you?

The fact is: GUN CONTROL DOES NOT REDUCE CRIME!  Every place where
gun control has be implemented, crime has increased. Sometimes
by giant leaps.  People like to point out places such a England
as shining examples of gun control reducing crime.  The truth is,
their crime rate was substantally lower than ours BEFORE the
implemention of gun control, and their crime rate has continued
to rise ever since.
 
                                Bill Vojak
                                Bill_Vojak@stortek.com
                                NRA, ILA, CFC

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