Paul Revere
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Last night I had dinner with a long time business associate who has made it clear in the past that he thinks something ought to be done about guns. Last night was no exception. But this time he clarified his arguement to so-called, "Saturday Night Specials". BTW, this guy is well read, a former military officer, and is world traveled, so I listen to his arguements carefully.
Now please correct me if I'm wrong here, because I argued that this next claim he made was totally false and nearly impossible. He claims that one of the reasons he feels so strongly about these Saturday Night Specials is due to a "60 Minutes" piece he saw that showed advertisements for these types of cheap handguns available to "anyone" at a bargain basement price of "$18.95 each"!
Now folks, I've been to lots of gun shows, many dealer's showrooms, and have reviewed "Gun Values", "Gun Trader", and many other publications without seeing a single new working firearm available for $18.95. He claims that it is because of these "cheap and available handguns that we have so much crime on our streets today". Confirmation or clarification will be appreciated about such a 60 Minutes piece or this pricing.
I said that the only firearms available through legal channels of commerce that even come close to that figure would be something pried from the bottom of the ocean, encrusted with barnacles, completely non-functional....in other words "junk". And I have yet to find something in this junk category that was in the $18.95 range.
He also has a problem with "assault weapons" but I can understand that arguement better. I think he liked my arguement on this subject. A subject for another post no doubt. But he was totally convinced that he was correct about the info he has regarding Saturday Night Specials. Could he have actually seen a 60 Minutes piece that said and showed such a thing? If so, when?
Now please correct me if I'm wrong here, because I argued that this next claim he made was totally false and nearly impossible. He claims that one of the reasons he feels so strongly about these Saturday Night Specials is due to a "60 Minutes" piece he saw that showed advertisements for these types of cheap handguns available to "anyone" at a bargain basement price of "$18.95 each"!
Now folks, I've been to lots of gun shows, many dealer's showrooms, and have reviewed "Gun Values", "Gun Trader", and many other publications without seeing a single new working firearm available for $18.95. He claims that it is because of these "cheap and available handguns that we have so much crime on our streets today". Confirmation or clarification will be appreciated about such a 60 Minutes piece or this pricing.
I said that the only firearms available through legal channels of commerce that even come close to that figure would be something pried from the bottom of the ocean, encrusted with barnacles, completely non-functional....in other words "junk". And I have yet to find something in this junk category that was in the $18.95 range.
He also has a problem with "assault weapons" but I can understand that arguement better. I think he liked my arguement on this subject. A subject for another post no doubt. But he was totally convinced that he was correct about the info he has regarding Saturday Night Specials. Could he have actually seen a 60 Minutes piece that said and showed such a thing? If so, when?