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To: holymoly

What needs to be done is for all weapons and ammunition manufacturers to boycott sales in the state of California.

I heartily applaud Ronnie Barrett for his decision to refuse to sell his firearms in, or service those owned by, any law enforcement agency in CA, given the recent legislation there.

Mark


12 posted on 07/24/2005 5:54:47 AM PDT by MarkL (It was a shocking cock-up. The mice were furious!)
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To: MarkL

If the tobacco industry had boycott selling cigarettes in states participating in lawsuits, the sales tax revenue from cigarettes would drop to zero. The first state suing, their politicians would face the problem of how to balance their revenue shortfall. The other states would not want to suffer from the same fate would not have join in the lawsuits. Instead tobacco industry relied on their lawyers and the tobacco companies did not have a united front. Consequence, the first state wins in court, the rest of the states piled on. The gun industry must not make the same mistake. All should boycott the selling of guns and ammo to state government agencies (including local) and deprive them the means to maintain order. When police budgets soar, and gun/ammo shortages hit them, the state can not force the gun manufacturers to sell guns to them. However, the question is can foreign manufacturers step in? It would be ironic the states that ban guns would have a police force equipped with AK-47's and Chicom pistols.


30 posted on 07/24/2005 6:37:17 AM PDT by Fee (Great powers never let minor allies dictate who, where and when they must fight.)
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