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This
sweater was made on the occasion of the assault rifle
ban ending. The dates the ban was in effect, September
13, 1994- September 13, 2004 is knitted into one sleeve.
The motif is an assault rifle, and it appears all over
the sweater. The front reads "PRAISE THE LORD AND
PASS THE AMMUNITION." I first heard that phrase
on a punk collection called "Not so Quiet on the
Western Front" way back in the eighties. More recently,
the Dixie Chicks adopted the phrase in one of their
songs. Originally, it was a WW2 song. I don't think
it was meant to be ironic or disrespectful in any way
at the time it was written. This is the first garment
I attached sleeves too, and the first one I made was
longer than the second. Around the cuffs are supposed
to be bullets, but they don't really look like bullets
very much. The back of the sweater has my initials and
the year, 2004. I posted this image on KnittersforKerry.com
and it generated a lot of controversy. The assault rifle
ban has also generated much controversy. I didn't believe
that hunters actually used assault rifles to hunt deer
before I heard a week or so ago about the guy in Wisconsin
who was out hunting deer with his assault rifle and
killed 6 other hunters instead.
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