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FBI’s Hoover tried to curtail 'highly-powered' handgun development
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Bruce W. Krafft
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... "'It is not believed that members of the various shooting clubs and organizations would concern themselves over a curtailment of highly-powered firearms,' Hoover opined, probably not altogether incorrectly considering the indifference of many who to this day still place sporting interests over rights. 'Additional penetration is of no value to target shooting, and it is logical to assume that organizations promoting this sport would be in hearty accord with legislation curtailing high velocity bullets in an attempt to insure their members the continued use of target pistols.'" ... |
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Millwright66
(4/6/2015)
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Another part of the Hoover Legacy" conveniently omitted from his official bio. |
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As an individual, I believe, very strongly, that handguns should be banned and that there should be stringent, effective control of other firearms. However, as a judge, I know full well that the question of whether handguns can be sold is a political one, not an issue of products liability law, and that this is a matter for the legislatures, not the courts. The unconventional theories advanced in this case (and others) are totally without merit, a misuse of products liability laws. — Judge Buchmeyer, Patterson v. Gesellschaft, 1206 F.Supp. 1206, 1216 (N.D. Tex. 1985) |
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