Re: Gun racks and Rosies (and Spax)

[C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>]

I wasn't going to, then I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
The Alfa 164 has a nifty internal gunrack which will hold a variety of
concealed  weapons. As far as I can see, it will hold small shoulder mount
rocket launchers, flintlocks, double barrelled shotguns and basically
anything less than 7 feet long and 6" square (or round, I guess). Plenty of
room for ammo in the spacious trunk. 
Funniest thing I ever saw was a guy using it for Skiis  !!! Crazy. I tried
it and the damn things hardly fit over the trunk sill. That's what you get
for trying to outsmart those Alfa engineers, they knew what standard cabin
fitments suited the North American market best. Cupholders are for sissies,
most of them won't hold ammo, much less a .45.

Here in redneck Alberta, "we" still hold some frontier notions like the
right to bear arms, not in our Constitution, thank goodness. After all the
dust settles no one can deny that fundamentally guns, especially hand guns,
are designed primarily for killing people,unless you're in the bush
somewhere. Unless you are one of the few people still hunting his dinner,
you don't need one. Trouble is, some people such as Ranchers, guys on
seismic lines in the bush where grizzlies still wander about, or people
working in the backcountry especially in Alaska or Canada's far north,
still sometimes need them as tools of their trade, for protection and
survival.  I'd be happier if only outlaws had guns, then the cops could
shoot to kill before anyone innocent and unarmed got shot at, but you can't
ban guns altogether.The only solution is regulation and education.

Can we move this debate off the digest, please?

Someone wrote about Spax shocks. I knew someone who put a set on a 71
Spider and loved them. Easy to adjust and top quality. Seems to me European
Car carries Ads for suppliers. 





Michael Smith
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
91 Alfa 164L, White, original owner 

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