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I picked up my 1911 this afternoon so I'm good to go. I can't hardly wait!!!!!!

This is slightly off topic in a way, but yet not really. I received the following e-mail. As you will see the 1927 Thompsons are on the list. If you are looking at participating in this sport and don't have your Tommy gun, you might want to think about getting it now. "Gun Law Update by Alan Korwin, Author Gun Laws of America Jan. 5, 2008 > > > > Gun-ban list proposed. > > > > > Slipping below the radar (or under the short-term memory cap), the > Democrats have already leaked a gun-ban list, even under the Bush > administration when they knew full well it had no chance of passage (HR > 1022, 110th Congress) It serves as a framework for the new list the > Brady's plan to introduce shortly. > > > > I have an outline of the Brady's current plans and targets of opportunity, > It's horrific. They're going after the courts, regulatory agencies, > firearms dealers and statutes in an all out effort to restrict we the > people. They've made little mention of criminals. > > > > Now more than ever, attention to the entire Bill of Rights is critical. > Gun bans will impact our freedoms under search and seizure, due process, > confiscated property, states' rights, free speech, right to assemble and > more, in addition to the Second Amendment. > > > > The Democrats current gun-ban-list proposal (final list will be worse): > > > > Rifles (or copies or duplicates): > > > > M1 Carbine, Sturm Ruger Mini-14, AR-15, Bushmaster XM15, Armalite M15, > AR-10, Thompson 1927, Thompson M1; AK, AKM, AKS, AK-47, AK-74, ARM, MAK90, > NHM 90, NHM 91, SA 85, SA 93, VEPR; Olympic Arms PCR; AR70, Calico > Liberty, Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU, Fabrique National > FN/FAL, FN/LAR,or FNC, Hi-Point20Carbine, HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, HK-PSG-1, > Thompson 1927 Commando, Kel-Tec Sub Rifle; Saiga, SAR-8, SAR-4800, SKS > with detachable magazine, SLG 95, SLR 95 or 96, Steyr AU, Tavor, Uzi, > Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle ( Galatz ). > > > > Pistols (or copies or duplicates): > > > > Calico M-110, MAC-10, MAC-11, or MPA3, Olympic Arms OA, TEC-9, TEC-DC9, > TEC-22 Scorpion, or AB-10, Uzi. > > > > Shotguns (or copies or duplicates): Armscor 30 BG, SPAS 12 or LAW 12, > Striker 12, Streetsweeper. Catch-all category (for anything missed or new > designs): > > > > A semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and has: > > > > (i) a folding or telescoping stock, > (ii) a threaded barrel, > (iii) a pistol grip (which includes ANYTHING that can serve as a grip, see > below), > (iv) a forward grip; or a barrel shroud. > > > > Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 > rounds (except tubular magazine .22 rimfire rifles). > > > > A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept a detachable > magazine, and has: > > > > (i) a second pistol grip, > (ii) a threaded barrel, > (iii) a barrel shroud or > (iv) can accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip, and > (v) a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than > 10 rounds. > > > > A semiautomatic shotgun with: > (i) a folding or telescoping stock, > (ii) a pistol grip (see definition below), > (iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine or a fixed magazine > capacity of more than 5 rounds, and > (iv) a shotgun with a revolving cylinder. > > > > Frames or receivers for the above are included, along with conversion > kits.. > > > > Attorney General gets carte blanche to ban guns at will: > > > > Under the proposal, the U.S. Attorney General can add any > "semiautomaticrifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law > enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that > is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the > Attorney General." > > > > Note that Obama's pick for this office (Eric Holder, confirmation hearing > set for Jan. 15) wrote a brief in the Heller case supporting the position > that you have no right to have a working firearm in your own home. > > > > In making this determination, the bill says, "thereshall be a rebuttable > presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military > or any federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for > sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be > particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is > suitable for use in a sporting event." > > > > In plain English this means that ANY firearm ever obtained by federal > officers or the military is not suitable for the public. > > > > The last part is particularly clever, stating that a firearm doesn't have > a sporting purpose just because > > > > it can be used for sporting purpose -- is that devious or what? And of > course, "sporting purpose" is a rights infringement with no constitutional > or historical support whatsoever, invented by domestic enemies of the > right to keep and bear arms to further their cause of disarming the > innocent."

2-23-9 9:00pm central the history channel is running all sorts of ganster programs tonight.

So at the inaugural match did there seem to be much time difference between the full auto's and the semi's?

I am soooo stoked! I put a down payment on a 1911 yesterday. Ok, it's not quite PC since it's a copy of the GI Parkerized 1911 A1, but at least it's not a fully tricked out stainless steel race gun. I should have enough saved up to finish paying it off by May. Then I'm good to go!!!!!!

There were also a lot of lever guns used in the '20's and 30's. That might be a way to draw some more CAS shooters...that is if you want the sport to grow fast.

I'm into CAS and I have a Tommy and I've been considering getting a 1911 for wild bunch matches so this looks like a riot (pun intended). On the costuming side you mentioned gangsters, politicians, flappers and untouchables. I'm thinking "Farmboy" as in "CJ" In Bonnie and Clyde. Would that work as a starter costume? Where are you guys from?