Posted by heavymg on Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 10:02PM :
Are you the same Brian from Bower's board?
Sam Alvarez (T&S Manufacturing) here from the same board.
Got below from Neal Knox website. I also spoke w/my congressman today (12/13). He said the House roundly rejected all aspects of demil section of the bill, and the demil stuff is, completely, totally, out.
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Dec. 12 Neal Knox Update -- Sec. 1062 of the Defense Authorization bill, the
provision allowing any "significant military weapon" -- including all guns ever
owned by the U.S. Government -- to be recalled or ordered destroyed, has been
completely removed by House-Senate Conference Negotiators.
Yesterday, the chairman of the House Armed Service Committee, Bob Stump (R-Ariz.),
called to say he "had fixed that." I had told my wife that he would be calling,
and the two items to ask him about if he called while I was out. Not until nearly
midnight did I learn that Bob had gotten it taken it out completely. That's
what I'd asked him to do nearly two months ago because Sec. 1062 was so bad it
was unfixable.
Most of the 51 members of the conference didn't see the bill, negotiated by only
the chairman and ranking member of each house committee, until late yesterday.
They are expected to finish up any wrangling this week and vote early next week.
The contentious issue is a round of base closings, which has caused the long
delay.
Some of the near-hysterical hype that's been on the internet said the bill required
destruction of former government arms, vehicles and planes. But it would have
allowed a future administration to do it -- I can't imagine this one issuing
such an order.
Now we've got to find out where within the Defense Department this scheme came
from, for the second year in a row, and see to it that he or she is dismissed
or transferred to Lower Soblovia.
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