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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (damartin@volta.mit.edu)
Fri Jan 13 18:22:16 1995
Reply-To: damartin@volta.mit.edu
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 18:17:28 EST
From: damartin@volta.mit.edu
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
> * Civilian Marksman Program: Subsidy of bullets to shooting
>groups and gun sportsman. "The Second Amendment does not guarantee
>free bullets any more than First Amendment guarantees free
>newspapers," noted Dasbach. $2.5 million. HR 3116, amendment to end
>program, September 30, 1993. LP Position: Eliminate it.
Does anyone know much about this one? The relevant part of the
text is below (gotten from the congressional web site.) It sounds like
some of the money is used for training US soldiers in rifle practice,
which sounds like a reasonable expenditure.
-David Martin
Part of HR 3116:
National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, Army
For the necessary expenses and personnel services (other than pay and
non-travel-related allowances of members of the Armed Forces of the
United States, except for members of the reserve components thereof called
or ordered to active duty to provide support for the national matches) in
accordance with law, for operation and maintenance of rifle ranges; the
instruction of citizens in marksmanship; the promotion of rifle practice; the
conduct of the national matches; the sale of ammunition under the authority
of title 10, United States Code, sections 4308 and 4311; the travel of rifle
teams, military personnel, and individuals attending regional, national, and
international competitions; and the payment to competitors at national
matches under section 4312 of title 10, United States Code, of subsistence and
travel allowances under section 4313 of title 10, United States Code; not to
exceed $2,483,000.
