Thought y\'all would get a kick out of this. It just
has to be a spoof site. Nobody is that stupid!
http://vpcblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/gatling-gun-loophole/Highlights:
Doctor Richard J. Gatling invented these monstrosities under the belief that fewer men would die in war. “Guns Save Lives?†What a foolish belief. It, of course, did not work as the U.S. Army realized such contraptions violated the Geneva Convention, thus passed on purchasing any. The sole exception was General Benjamin Butler, but the law caught up him and the U.S. Army executed him after the war.
Fascinating, since they\'re talking about the Hague (not Geneva) Convention of 1899, some 44 years after the Civil War ended. Like I said, has to be a spoof. :lol:
