Re: Any of you geezers have a "woolworth 45"???

On 24 Nov 2003 21:12:33 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laura Bush -
America's kid-killer) wrote:

>They're a cheapie gun used in WW2. Supposedly the US made thousands of
> them back then at a cost of $1.50 each (WW2 dollars). It was about
>fist-sized and was a  45 caliber single shot that held a half dozen or
>so cartridges in the grip.  Each round had to be manually loaded. Gun
>was once described as " a great gun for getting another gun."  I've
>never seen one but they sound pretty cool and I wondered if there are
>any still around.  I assume they're still legal.

They are very collectable and quite legal.

http://www.nfa.ca/nfafiles/cfjarchive/firearms/liberator.html


******************************************************************

"It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name
 of the public interest, to be placed under contribution,
 drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolised, extorted from,
 squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance,
 the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined,
 vilified, harrassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed,
 disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned,
 shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to
 crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonoured.
 That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality." 

"General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century"
                                          Pierre Proudhon