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Very simple, Richard: Because I can.
Mikey of Texas
M35A2C et al
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Notton <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Windshields down
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Towers <mtowers@texas.net>
> To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>; Richard Notton
> <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk>
> Date: 21 February 2000 15:46
> Subject: Re: [MV] Windshields down
>
>
> >Richard, Old Boy:
> >The Land of the Free still DOES exist. For instance, I get up every
morning
> >and strap on a Colt .45.--all perfectly legally.
> >
> But WHY ?
>
> >BTW: What kind of piece do YOU carry?
> >
> Have no desire or need for any dumb metal encumbrance although I'd admit
to a
> gun fascination.
>
> >As for MVs, I drive my M35A2C around pretty much anywhere I want, just
> >obeying the usual traffic laws. Windshield open/closed/down, etc.
Frequently
> >I have a bunch of Cub Scouts in the back, or 1500lb round bales of hay. I
do
> >this, all perfectly legally, with an ordinary drivers license. I do have
to
> >pay about $125USD a year for liability insurance.
> >
> Here too I drive the FV623 (34,320lb all up) anywhere it fits and some
places it
> doesn't, initially. No CDL, air brake, tag, insurance hassles or their
> equivalent and that goes for padded tracked vehicles too up to max legal
width.
>
>
> >One more thing: The Land of the Free is also The Home of the Brave, as
I'm
> >sure you will recall from history. So, y'all come on down to Texas and
we'll
> >teach you what freedom means, and perhaps even how to fight for it. (I am
> >also a licensed police and civilian firearms instructor.)
> >
> Personally, I'd rather not need to carry a firearm for _whatever_ reason,
that
> doesn't exactly strike me as free or brave but it does sound a bit like
the now
> discarded policy of MAD.
>
> Mutually Assured Destruction.
>
> >God Save the Queen
> >
> Someone has to, her kids are giving her a hard enough time of it.
>
> >God Bless George W. Bush, Governor of the State of Texas
> >
> We're watching. . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> Richard
> (Southampton - England)
>
>
>
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