Re: Tube/Valve Amp Noise

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> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Patrick Turner" <info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Was not the repeating rifle a boon the North in the American war of
>>>> Independance?
>>>
>>> not really it hadn't been invented then - muskets were all the rage. 
>>> Come in useful for killing indians though and all but wiping out the 
>>> bison
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>> **Correct. The Springfield Rifle was invented by the North, during the 
>> Civil War. It was arguably the first really mass produced item, built
of 
>> sophisticated mechanical equipment. So im****tant was this item and it's

>> manufacturing system, that the factory was booby trapped, so complete 
>> destruction would occur, if it had any chance of falling into the hands

>> of the South. The Springfield Rifle was credited as being, in no small 
>> part, for the fact that the North prevailed during that, very dark,
time 
>> in US history. It has also left it's mark on the US psyche. Many 
>> Americans seem to think that gun owning is both sane and a right for 
>> individuals, despite the very clear wording in the 2nd Amendment.
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>> Trevor Wilson
> A typical supply and demand situation, after the Civil War (what an 
> oxymoron) there was a lot of surplus supply of weapons to the arms 
> manufacturers went out to create a demand where previously there was
none. 
> Just look who bankrolls the NRA, arguably the most powerful lobby group
in 
> the US.

**Of course the rest of the world (and a handful of thinking Americans)
can 
see how the NRA manipulates the political system and the minds of the 
majority of Americans into thinking that sane gun control is a bad thing. 
They fail to note the outstanding success of recent gun controls here in 
Australia, however. The really sad thing, is that the NRA was once a
rather 
proud and noble organisation, which actually was helpful in forcing 
political change in the US in the first half of last Century. Sometime in 
the 1960s, however, their purpose was subverted by gun and ammunition 
manufacturers for a darker purpose. Profit. I guess, at some time, enough 
Americans will awake from their slumber and demand change. Or not. Still, 
with the coming recession in the US, violent gun crimes will occur more 
frequently. Gun related homicides are already in an uptrend (since 2001) 
They'll either demand easier  access to more and higher power weapons
(like 
that's even possible!), or tougher gun controls.

Trevor Wilson