No, I would not say that it is working....These are basic stats, in black and white...These would reflect all rejections for no matter what reason. You could have an unpaid parking ticket and get kicked out and not be able to purchase if that is what your local authorities decide to look at. Some years back a girl I know wanted to purchase a handgun and was rejected, and was told that she was being looked for also, to her shock. What had happened was that there was another girl with the same name running around that they were looking for and they(the authorities) thought it was her trying to buy a gun. The girl then had to take her DL, birth certificate and some other forms of ID and go to the sheriffs office to get it all straightened out(massive red tape) before she was allowed to purchase. Thats one case, and another is just as simple....A local gun dealer that lives behind me went to sale a gun to someone he already new or was related to and was told to send that person immediately to them that he had some business he had to get straight, that is, he was rejected, and had to see the authorities...story is....unpaid tickets...so he was refused the right to by a gun like a criminal just because he had not paid his ticket yet. So I would think that there are a lot of cases just like these out there but your anti-gun crowd will cheer on these stats as gun control working at its best....You have to go a little deeper to get to the root cause of all these rejections, to see just what it was rejected for before grading the scores......its an uphill battle my friends....Rock4Life <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om