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--November 4th, 1998
The Vote

Of course the big news of the day is the vote. The Dems gained 5 seats in the House, no change in power in the Senate, obviously our wonderful Commander w/o Briefs in still in charge, and in the Gubernatorial races we gained a Reform Party member, Jesse "The Body" Ventura in Minnesota!!!! RIGHT ON!

"I'll tell you what, I'll bet you they're never going to take the people lightly again, are they?" he asked. Ventura also said he wanted to make it easier to carry concealed handguns. Id'a voted for him!

Then there's California. They got stuck with two poor choices for Governor, and got the worst. Davis won there, so get ready for a ride! And everybodies favorites, Boxer and Schumer are back again to cause more stupidity. WHOOPEE!

New Orleans Lawsuit
The city of New Orleans' suit to hold gun manufacturers, dealers and trade groups financially responsible for the violence and attendant costs of misused handguns is likely to go nowhere. Some of the lawyers who led the litigation charge against Big Tobacco are representing the city, hoping to duplicate those earlier successes. Unfortunately, There's a HUGE difference between tobacco and handguns, as I'm sure they are soon to find out. "When firearms are used as intended, there is no detrimental effect to anyone, but every time you use tobacco, you hurt your health," said Steve Sanetti of Sturm, Ruger and Co. Sanetti also said gun sellers do not target juveniles. "There's no Joe Camel, no billboards and, unlike cigarettes, guns are used by law enforcment to save lives. A policeman doesn't say, 'Put up your hands or I'll light up!', does he?" New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial said the city wants to recover "millions of dollars" that have gone toward police protection, emergency services, police pensions and lost tax revenues related to handgun violence. The city contends the defendants knew about the "unreasonable dangers of their guns" and failed to provide "safety devices, warnings and other measures... (to) prevent and decrease these dangers." Nothing like solving the problem as opposed to farting into the wind. Mayor Morial appears to spending too much time at Mayor Berry's place.

Where are the catalogs?
Our catalogs are coming late this year for various reasons. For those of you who have been contacting us for them, make your request about the end of December and we should be able to get one to you then. Thanks for your patience!

Pre-Bans!!??!!
Olympic Arms has discovered a very limited number of preban receivers, and we are building them into complete pre-ban firearms. We have sold these out at this time, but they can be had from some of our distributors. Contact:
Global Arms - (209) 387-4323
Mikie G's - (734) 856-7262
B&B; Sales - (818) 985-2329

What about NICS?
The National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) is going to go into affect on Nov 30. There have been rumors spread that I won't even recognize here, but the facts are that if you would normally fill out a Form 4473 (yellow form), you will have a NICS check done on you. The information about the gun is not available to the NICS system, only the name and info on the person. There will be no fee for the service, and repairs, gunsmithing, etc will not be subject to the check. Read the FBI page on this subject for more information.

Other Newsworthy Items
The Frontline report on Waco. Interesting.
High-Tech Guns Being Developed
Flatulent Furby Tops List of Hot Christmas Toys
Handgun Control Inc.: 1998 Elections Are Grandslam for Gun Control



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