Time: Thu Dec 11 06:23:21 1997
To: liberty-and-justice@pobox.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: SigArms sellout
Cc: 
Bcc: Norm Vroman, sls
References: 

Isn't the .40 S&W a much faster bullet
than any 9mm?

I am not at all expert in these things,
however.

I am forwarding this message to someone
who is a firearms expert.

/s/ Paul Mitchell,
Candidate for Congress
http://supremelaw.com

copy: firearms expert



At 07:39 AM 12/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I contacted one of my distributors who handles Sig for me and it is indeed
>true but the reasons are strictly economic; the sales of the 9mm have been
>falling dramatically in favor of the .40 S&W and the .357 SIG. I must agree
>as I carry the .45 ACP in a Colt Officers Model or my Glock 27 in .40, S&W.
>The 9mm Parabellum was introduced in 1904 and has outlived its usefullness
>as a serious self-defense cartridge. It's good for plinking when you can get
>some cheap military surplus ammo, however.
>
>Regards,
>Gulliver
>
>*** Forwarding note from ONA1P0X7--EXTERNAL 12/06/97 17:27 ***
>
>From: Scott Bergeson
>Subject: L&J: SigArms sellout
>
>From: "Scott Bergeson"<Scott.Bergeson@m.cc.utah.edu>
>To: "liberty-and-justice"<liberty-and-justice@majordomo.pobox.com>
>
>On Fri, 05 Dec 1997 "S. Thompson" <righter@therighter.com> provided:
>
>I have NOT verified this personally, but contact info is included.
>Sarah
>
>from NRA BoD member TJ Johnston:
>
>--- begin forwarded message ---
>
>I was recently made aware that Sig Sauer will no longer market the P226 (in
>9mm) and the P228 for civilian sales.  From now on the P226 and P228 will
>only be available to Law Enforcement Agencies and Federal Contracts.
>
>The person who forwarded this message called Sig and confirmed this as
>fact. It appears that Sig Sauer has succumbed to the high-capacity magazine
>ban by curtailing the sales of these hi-cap guns to the civilian populous.
>
>Please contact SigArms to voice your protest and complaint. Contact
>Customer Sales person Diane at (603) 772-2302, fax(603) 772-9082.
>
>TJ Johnston
>
>--- end forwarded message ---
>
>A well-regulated population being necessary to the security of a police
>state, the right of the Government to keep and destroy arms shall
>not be infringed.
>
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