From firearms-alert-owner Wed Dec 28 09:50:26 1994 Return-Path: firearms-alert-owner Received: (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id JAA18325 for firearms-alert-outgoing; Wed, 28 Dec 1994 09:50:26 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id JAA18317 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 1994 09:50:24 -0800 Received: from gatekeeper.nra.org (gatekeeper.NRA.Org [192.156.97.62]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id JAA29968 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 1994 09:50:21 -0800 Received: by gatekeeper.nra.org (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA18818; Wed, 28 Dec 1994 12:50:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 12:50:16 -0500 Message-Id: <9412281750.AA18818@gatekeeper.nra.org> Reply-To: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org Originator: rkba-alert@nra.org From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts) To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Subject: ALERT: Rhino Ammo - All the Trappings of Hoax X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: NRA Alerts list Sender: firearms-alert-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: R FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information, December 27, 1994 call: Tom Wyld, NRA Public Affairs 703-267-3820 "WHERE'S THE AMMO?" All the Trappings of Hoax WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the media firestorm over a "manufacturer" and his "ammunition," the National Rifle Association of America observed the following: (a) The maker is not a maker -- and may never be; (b) The round in question has never been seen, much less evaluated, by competent authority; and (c) Contrary to USA Today and others, it cannot lawfully "hit gun stores Monday." "This has all the trappings of a hoax," said Mrs. Tanya K. Metaksa, NRA chief lobbyist. "What we have is an outbreak of mob journalism centering on the dubious claims of a would-be manufacturer. According to published reports, the "product" goes to market next week -- but the BATF has not even granted a license. Neither the technical staff of NRA nor the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) has received a single cartridge to evaluate. "Experience dictates that it is unwise to base public policy solely on the basis of a manufacturer's dubious claims. According to published accounts, the "manufacturer" is a gun control advocate. That alone should prompt skepticism. Reports also indicate that he expects to market the product in January -- without having a federal license to do so. That alone should prompt an entirely new line of inquiry: Who does he work for? "NRA's position is clear: we helped craft the prohibition against handgun ammunition designed to penetrate ballistic resistant vests by developing a sound, technically competent standard. Only when the proposed product is evaluated can NRA comment on its conformance with the law and the prospective manufacturer's credibility." -- nra -- -- This information is presented as a service to the Internet community by the NRA/ILA. Many files are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.nra.org, via WWW at http://www.nra.org, via gopher at gopher.nra.org, and via WAIS at wais.nra.org Be sure to subscribe to rkba-alert by sending: subscribe rkba-alert Your Full Name as the body of a message to rkba-alert-request@NRA.org Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK BBS at (703) 934-2121.