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To: Ronaldus Magnus
" The metallic content requirement of the statute has nothing to do with x-ray imaging. A piece of soap can be accurately imaged without any metal in it at all."

Read the law.

(2) of which any major component, when subjected to inspection by x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component."

" Plastics have much lower thermal expansion constants and they also fatigue less near the failure limit."

Plastics have higher thermal expansion coefficients and a lower fatigue life at the same ratio of applied to yield stress.

"Carbon fiber has a much greater tensile strength than any gun metal."

It also burns and composites made from it are extremely sensitive to scratches, flaws, notches and similar geometric features. The type and frequency of catastophic failures known to occur with CCs are unknown with metal and even to other lower strength composites.

"Polymers are also more shock absorbent than metal as a material."

Define shock absorbent. Then consider the design, the design purpose and consider the material choices. Don't forget that shock absorbing materials do so at their own peril.

" Polymers are becoming more common in aerospace applications, metals less common."

Ceramic/metal and carbon/metal composites are, but not polymers.

" "assassin pieces" lie."

The attempt is to prevent guns being brought into protected areas. The engineering features of guns banned by this law make them inferior pieces. They excel in only one property, their ability to pass undetected though present screening methods. Hence they are assassins tools.

" antiquated detection technology"

It is not antiquated.

" Nitrate testers can be easily defeated.

It's doubtful you could name any interference. It's also clear that you don't comprehend that all attempts to defeat it will be caught. Unless of course morons are running the checkpoint, but that applies to the recognition of a gun in the x-ray image.

" The answer is to ban terrorists, not tools."

Murder is against the law. Guns are not. Since you mentioned tools, I told you the engineering features banned by this law are usful only as an assassins tool.

"If I loose my firearms,"

What part of, "your firearms are legal" don't you get?

" Sadly, short sighted and self centered firearm owners like you are a worse enemy to our second amendment than any liberal activist."

Nah.

88 posted on 11/12/2003 9:06:37 PM PST by spunkets
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To: spunkets
Read the law.

The image shape is not dependent upon the metallic content.

Plastics have higher thermal expansion coefficients

This is actually inaccurate.

and a lower fatigue life at the same ratio of applied to yield stress.

Not a direct comparison. Plastics fatigue less near the failure limit. The rest of your factual assertions are also incorrect.

The attempt is to prevent guns being brought into protected areas.

It's not going to stop anyone. If it did, they could simply make their own non-metallic firearm by drilling a hole in anything. No one has ever needed to bother.

The engineering features of guns banned by this law make them inferior pieces. They excel in only one property, their ability to pass undetected though present screening methods.

Not true. They would be lighter, less expensive, and possibly more reliable.

Hence they are assassins tools.

Not true, no assassin has ever used them. They are assassin's tools only to fools and liars.

It's doubtful you could name any interference. It's also clear that you don't comprehend that all attempts to defeat it will be caught. Unless of course morons are running the checkpoint, but that applies to the recognition of a gun in the x-ray image.

Phosphates would overwhelm andy bionary sensor. The terrorists won't be stopped by any aircraft security or stupid law. They are only meant to pacify simpletons.

Murder is against the law. Guns are not. Since you mentioned tools, I told you the engineering features banned by this law are useful only as an assassins tool.

Again, they have never been used by assassins to defeat security. Prove it or stop lying about.

It is clear that you are defending the banning of a class of weapons based on a incompetent understanding of the technology used to detect them. The same misguided and flawed logic you have used here was used in all gun bans, and none of it has made the world any safer. You know this law won't save any lives, and if not then I can't help you. Your simple minded willingness to compromise other people's freedoms makes you unworthy of the liberty your have. You don't deserve it.

90 posted on 11/12/2003 9:41:19 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus
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