Maybe Time For A Poll...

[jamese]

You can not regulate morality; government has been attempting to do that through out the ages setting standards on what behavior is and isnâ??t acceptable. As soon you set standards or criteria for the ads, then you have to have someone police the ads. If someone is policing the ads and finds a violation, you have to determine what the proper corrective measure isâ?¦and on and on and on.

I collect lugers because itâ??s a hobby and I enjoy the research that goes into collecting. That research includes not only the historical aspect of the weapon itself, but also the reputation as to the integrity of the seller.

I am proud to say, (although I have not met many of you personally), I feel that most of the members of this forum are honest caring people, who like me have a genuine interest in expanding the knowledge base about lugers and gun collecting in general. If you didnâ??t you wouldnâ??t participate in the forum to start with.

Like most of you I too, buy sell and trade parts and I see nothing morality wrong with replacing a correct numbered broken firing pin, hold open etcâ?¦on a matching gun in order to maintain itâ??s matching status. However I do believe like Big Norm and others, that is out right fraud to alter parts in order to achieve that status.

Many people change the main spring on a matching gun in order enhance its reliability, ask yourself does that gun no longer have â??All Matching â?� status ? would it be a fraud to sell the gun as all matching ?

I personally donâ??t think so, but some others may feel differently. I donâ??t think the forum should regulate the ads because when you start to regulate, you also start to limit the free exchange of ideas and that what makes this forum such a great place to start with.

My $0.02

Jim