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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 19, 1993                   TAG: 9301190322
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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ARE THEY SELLING ONE-SHOT WEAPONS?

THERE is a basic and fundamental point that has been either ignored or overlooked in the ongoing brouhaha concerning the proposal to limit the purchase of guns to one per month. To wit: A limit on the number of guns purchased in any period does not infringe on a citizen's right to keep and bear arms.

Second Amendment considerations and precedents aside, I have heard of no credible argument why anyone has a "need" to purchase guns at an unlimited rate. Are they thrown away after they are used or get dirty? EDWARD D. SPEAR BEDFORD

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