I see the glass as half empty, because it doesnt specifically
say what ISNT to be DeMiled. Its TOTALLY up to the
Secretary of Defence.
That I DO NOT like.
GR (the alarmist)
----- Original Message -----
From: "islander" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] confiscation of MV's
> GR
>
> >Yes. If this bill is passed, it will probably come to that...
> >and even worse. The problem is that it seems to be written
> >vaugely...on purpose.
>
> This is exactly why I just posted what I did :-) I read, reread, and
> rereread the proposed legislation again, and I see one thing VERY clear...
>
> The Secretary Of Defense *must* specifically decide what is to be
> demilled, how, when, and if compensation is to be handed out. Therefore,
> the legislation does nothing in and of itself. Meaning, if this
> legislation is passed into law tomorrow, NOTHING changes in regards to
> our legal rights to own or utilize military vehicles. However, it does
> authorizes the Secretary of Defense to do *something* if he so chooses.
> So we are perhaps one step closer to something happening, but another
> step must happen first. But the question still is... what is that
> "something"?
>
> I am also sure that this legislation does NOT authorize the Secretary of
> Defense to come after vehicles that weren't supposed to be demilled upon
> leaving US Gov't hands, unless it either poses a threat to public safety,
> provides a unique military capability, or provides a basis as a
> "significant weapons" platform. While the rest of the language was
> pretty vague, this section was VERY specific. So if you own a M35 which
> was not, according to DoD regs, supposed to be cut up prior to public
> sale, I'd say your vehicle is safe no matter what happens.
>
> Also folks.... even *IF* something were to happen, don't forget that
> hauling in a couple hundred thousand ex-military vehicles is not going to
> happen overnight and without a fight. Once the NRA, ACLU, local
> municipalities, VFW (not that ding-dong they interviewed), etc. are
> informed that the DoD has placed a death sentence on our stuff... I think
> you will quickly see the political rats scurry back into the shadows.
> Ironically, the recent events might make it easier to pass this
> legislation, but honestly I think it will be a LOT harder to put it into
> effect. We might be small, but there is a LOT of concern about civil
> liberties being revoked right now. I think we have more clout than we
> are aware of.
>
> >Lets all follow through with letters, calls and emails..
>
> Absolutely! Best way to answer all these questions is to defeat the
> legislation BEFORE it gets enacted. Then figuring out what this all
> means will be really easy ;-)
>
> Steve
>
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