7 Apr 04

Can you believe this? We are defeating ourselves. From friend, Jeff Chudwi n:

"A police officer and friend, just deployed to Iraq, is serving there now as a Marine officer. He is the thick of the fighting. He has only two Beretta M-9 magazines, and both (Checkmate) have weak springs. Pistol magazines are in short supply there. Ones that actually work are in even shorter supply!

His close friend in an adjacent police department was contacted and asked to assist my friend by acquiring several OEM (Beretta) pistol magazines and sending them over. The magazines were immediately ordered from a local poli ce supply house, but we were told that we cannot make the purchase due to the b an on purchasing high capacity (normal capacity) magazines. BATF is asked to intervene. They arrogantly told us 'The military must take care of their own.' The chief of the department cannot even sign for the magazines, because the purchase is not for performance of law enforcement duties.'

Result, the Marine officer cannot obtain additional magazines through the military, and we cannot support him from our end unless we send him Clinton clips' (ten-round magazines) or locate pre-ban magazines. We are sending Wo lff spring kits."

Comment: Stupid gun laws, designed from the beginning for harassment and little else, are now interfering with our war effort, and no one at BATF, in deed the whole federal system, seems to care. While our Marines die, bureaucrats and politicians dither!

/John