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Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl HiaasenFor legions of budget-minded gang members who couldn't afford a MAC-10 or an Uzi, the Tecs became the ideal travel companion. "High spirited," according to Navegar chief Carlos M. Garcia, whose business was booming (literally). But wouldn't you know itБЂ”as soon as a hard-working entrepreneur makes the big time, those candy-ass liberals come along and try to ruin him. Last year's ban on 19 types of assault rifles targeted the Tecs, and forced Navegar into an inconvenient re-engineering of its product line. Lost because of picky new regulations were such helpful features as the threaded barrel, for attaching silencers. Undaunted, the resourceful Garcia devised a new generation of legal weapons that look and perform much like the old ones, but with fewer bullets. Then, last week, another ambush: The families of victims murdered in 1993 by a homicidal lunatic sued Navegar for negligence. OK, so it's true that Gian Luigi Ferri walked into a San Francisco office and shot 15 persons, killing nine. And it's also true he was firing two Tec-DC9s, made right here in Dade County ...» |
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