[89794] in Cypherpunks
Re: Gun Control brings on a New Arms Race
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Tue Nov 11 22:13:54 1997
In-Reply-To: <199711112344.PAA18904@sirius.infonex.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 16:41:26 -0700
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 4:44 PM -0700 11/11/97, Monty Cantsin wrote:
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>Tim May wrote:
>>(A friend of a friend scored a "cold" Glock 17L...$400 in "NQA"
>>condition, immediate delivery.)
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>What is a "cold" weapon? What does "NQA" mean?
Cold = no paperwork, no report to authorities, no waiting period.
NQA = No Questions Asked
(I can't believe I have to explain to Monty Cantsin these things, which
ought to be deducible from context. Especially in combination. And
especially with the "immediate delivery" redundancy added.)
--Tim May
The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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