FYI, the following item appeared in the Toronto Star. It was reported by the New Yorker magazine, May 29, 1995: OTTAWA--Children will have to resort to playing golf and football if they are denied easy access to hunting rifles and shotguns, a pro-gun lobbyist has complained. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred W. Tremper, RPT Morehead State University Morehead, KY 40351 f.trempe@msuacad.morehead-st.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Wed, 31 May 1995, Daniel Dover wrote: > I would like to urge all subscribers to the Pianotech list, their colleagues, > friends, and families to join me today in writing their Congressional > representatives about an emotional issue that affects us all deeply: > > Ban Assault Wippens NOW. > > Assault wippens do not belong in the home piano. Period. And in the concert > hall the danger is just unthinkable. > > Automatic and semi-automatic wippens that allow the player to repeat a note > several hundred times a second are no longer "recreational" wippens. These > wippens were made with one and only one purpose in mind: to kill or injure as > many musicians as possible. > > Thank you for listening. > > Danny Dover > Dartmouth College > Hanover, NH > > P.S. I guess you can tell it's the end of the term. >
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