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Show ',''rrv'' ''--' 999vmvrwrwww Repressive and Illogical Needlessly repressive rcgulat ion of! en ends in a wave of indignation and modifying legislative action. Such seems to be the ease with federal regulations of firearms and ammunition. As of a recent date, 50 hills to alter or repeal the 1X un law have been submitted in Congress. Seven pending bills would repeal the entire 1!)CS Gun Control Law. The author of one of these, Representative Long of Louisiana, said, "it has been made abundantly clear . . . that the act does not serve to keeu dangerous weapons from the hands of criminals and incompetents as its proponents pro-ponents claimed, but rather works unnecessary hardships hard-ships on the law-abiding and peaceful citizen who has legitimate uses for firearms." Another congressman congress-man pointed out that, "The amount of records keeping keep-ing and regulation required in ammunition sales defies de-fies all the rules of logic and surpasses any legitimate legitim-ate need . . ."' Sentiment is growing for stiffer penalties against criminal use of firearms. Governor Reagan of California, Cali-fornia, who opposes repressive controls, has declared: "We must amend our laws to make it clear that the criminal vho arms himself with a gun will be dealt with sevverely in every case. We must strengthen the penalties for the illegal use of such weapons without with-out interfering with the legitimate use of firearms by law-abiding citizens." I Citizen ownership of firearms is both a right and a tradition in the United Slates. It symbolizes independence, inde-pendence, as well as individual responsibility inseparable in-separable elements of freedom under representative government. Firearms or ammunition regulations j that fail to take into account this fundamental truth have no place in the iaw of the land. |