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HELLO BRIAN

    MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND A

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

    MACHINEGUNS AND OTHER CLASS III

NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT CATEGORY WEAPONS

AND DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES WERE PUT UNDER

A HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE AND RELATIVELY

EXPENSIVE LICENSING SYSTEM IN THE 1930S

AFTER TEXTILE COMPANY GOONS/RESERVE

DEPUTY SHERRIFS MISTAKENLY KILLED A

DOCTOR WHILE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE

STRIKERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH USA.

PRIOR TO THAT A FULL AUTOMATIC WEAPON

COULD EASILY BE BOUGHT MAIL ORDER.

THOMPSON SMG'S COULD BE HAD WITH 100

ROUND DRUM MAGAZINES SUGGESTED FOR

"RANCH DEFENSE". OTHER THAN A FEW

BANK ROBBER GROUPS LIKE DILLENGER,

ETC., NO CRIMES OCCURRED INVOLVING

SUCH WEAPONS. EVEN SUCH OUTLAWS

USUALLY PREFERRED 30 CALIBER BAR'S

WITH 20 OR 30 ROUND MAGAZINES

(I BELIEVE)THEY USUALLY GOT BY ROBBING

NATIONAL GUARD ARMORIES. ACTUALLY A SMG

OR MACHINE PISTOL IS FAIRLY HARD TO USE

EFFECTIVELY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION

OF THE EARLY UZI. I HAVE EXTENSIVELY SHOT

THE BRITISH STEN GUN, MEXICAN TREJO AND

SPANISH STAR. I HAVE EXAMINED THE USUAL

VARIATIONS OF THE UZI, H & K, ETC AS WELL

AS THE USA STONER AND M-16 BASED SYSTEMS.

THE BEST OF THE LOT WERE THE 22 RIMFIRE

CALIBER TUBULAR DRUM FED CALICO SYSTEM

AND AN A HORIZONTAL DRUM FED AMERICAN

AR-180 ONCE MADE IN UTAH. HOWEVER 30 TO

100 ROUNDS OF LOW TO MODERATE POWER AMMO

ON BOARD DOES NOT MEAN THAT VOLUME OF FIRE

EQUALS ACCURACY OR EASE OF USE, RELIABILITY,

SERVICE LIFE, ETC. FOR CERTAIN MILITARY OR

POLICE APPLICATIONS SMG'S OFFER A FEW

ADVANTAGES. OTHER THAN THAT THEY ARE A

CONFIDENCE OR EGO BUILDER OR INTERESTING

PLINKING TOY. HISTORY SUGGESTS SMG'S POSE

LITTLE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL.

                    REGARDS

                    DALE