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- Beretta Sub Machine Guns -- Only $320! (We Told You
So)
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- When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will sell guns.
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- Exactly one year ago this column headlined "The
$200 Machine Gun" We predicted that when guns become illegal to
own and sell, then the criminal element would rush in to fill the demand.
Thieves, smugglers and black market gun makers could supply machine guns
for about $200 apiece.
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- About three years ago, the British government all but
outlawed private firearms ownership in Britain. Because one vicious killer
used a firearm to commit multiple murders in 1996, victim-disarming politicians
rushed to ban nearly all private gun ownership and possession nationwide.
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- The result? According to the January 16, 2000 edition
of the Sunday Times of London, "up to 3 million illegal guns are
in circulation in Britain, leading to a rise in drive-by shootings and
gangland-style executions."
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- What are the prices of illegal guns? According to the
Sunday Times, "a third of young criminals, [ages 15 to 25 with prior
convictions], own or have access to guns ranging from Beretta sub-machineguns
to Luger pistols, which can be bought from underworld dealers for as little
as £200." ($320 U.S.)
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- How do the guns get into the "gun free" island
nation? The Sunday Times reported: "Criminals have maintained a
steady flow of smuggled guns from eastern Europe, exhibition weapons reactivated
in illegal "factories" run by underworld dealers, and guns stolen
from private collections."
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- As predicted, when ownership of all guns becomes illegal,
the buyers will shift toward the higher power weapons. "There is
a move from the pistol and the shotgun to automatic weapons," British
Detective Superintendent Keith Hudson told the Sunday Times.
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- British criminals have all the guns they want. The Sunday
Times thus reported: "Detectives say modern weapons are fast becoming
fashion accessories among young drug dealers protecting themselves and
their territory."
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- Are British people safer? Crime rates are soaring in
Britain. The British Home Office, according to the Sunday Times, released
figures showing that "overall, armed crime rose 10% in 1998"
-- the year after national handgun prohibition began.
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- Usually, when the government passes a law that causes
problems for people, the citizens can petition the government to change
the law. Gun prohibition, however, does more than just endanger citizens
by preventing them from protecting their lives and loved ones.
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- Gun prohibition damages the whole society by creating
a huge opportunity for organized crime to prosper. Even if the prohibition
law is later repealed, the organized crime elements might be entrenched
with enough money and power to get into other legal or illegal businesses.
Political corruption, started during the prohibition, likewise will not
just disappear when the laws are changed again.
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- The British example shows how the ultimate "gun
control" will likely work in America. Criminals will get rich selling
illegal weapons to other criminals, and ordinary citizens will suffer
a violent crime wave. The national "instant check" system and
the "Brady Bill" won,t even matter.
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- Americans must not give up their right to personal self-defense.
We must not turn over the firearms industry to thieves and thugs. And
we must not let Americans be so gullible as to believe the "dial
911" false promise of police protection, when actually we are legally
responsible for protecting ourselves. (Get the facts for all 50 states
from <dial911anddie.htmDial 911 and Die -- available from JPFO and
Amazon.com.)
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- The facts are here. Do your part by copying this article
and sending it to newspapers, public officials, candidates for office,
and as many other folks that you can. Download this article from the JPFO
website and e-mail it everywhere. Contact JPFO to join or order materials
at www.jpfo.org, or call (800) 869-1884. (Annual membership dues: $20
U.S.)
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- News Flash: The Bill of Rights, with basic explanation,
is now available in Spanish on the website. Copy and pass it on to all
Spanish-speakers!
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- Beretta Sub Machine Guns -- Only $320! (We Told You
So)
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