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   From: david-hartung@hotmail.com   
      
   >U.S. gun enthusiasts live in constant fear of the federal   
   >government confiscating their weapons. For Russian gun   
   >owners, such a fear may be about to become a reality. On   
   >April 14, President Vladimir Putin, announced the formation   
   >of a new National Guard, and declared one of its key   
   >fuctions would be to control firearms.   
   >   
   >If Putin indeed intends to use the National Guard to track   
   >down these weapons, it wouldn't be without precedent. "We   
   >have already seen a progressive tightening of the rules for   
   >citizens and private security firms alike," says Mark   
   >Galeotti, an expert in Russian security services and   
   >criminal affairs. "But even after attempts to clean up the   
   >registration of firearms, there are many illegal guns in   
   >circulation in Russia."   
   >   
   >There are, however, reasons to doubt the National Guard has   
   >really been set up to search for guns. They have no   
   >investigative capacity and the only way to fulfill such a   
   >task would be to conduct house-to-house searches,   
   >   
   >Wayne Lapierre would, of course, be imprisoned and raped.   
   >   
   >   
   >https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russians-their-guns-and-t   
   >he-state-52720   
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   gUN THEM DOWN   
      
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