Coin Slot Magazine - #016 - 1976 - March [International Arcade Museum]
They are very ©Id, worn and their workings ore such that should you possess the ability to service them
where would you get the parts.
The Companies that made them have either passed from existence or have s© changed thefr product that
the only similarity t© modern machines is that they are coin operated.
Collectors of these ©Id coin operated devices are all about us.
Surely everyone knows at least one
person who owns a gaming device ©f one kind or another e
Would you think it fair that you, your neighbor, friend or relative had his treasured art form confis
cated, destroyed and they in turn arrested, fined and possibly Jailed* If you think it could not, and
does not happen, simply call in a law officer and show him the device.
Aside from the dehumanizing anguish the collector suffers, aside from the insensitive destruction of
what may be a very rare antique — the action alienates honest citizens against the ones who carry out
the law.
Crime fighters need friends, more good will would be created if the law were tempered to allow legiti
mate collecting. When it were found that a device were used to gamble on, the perpetrator should be
punished and the device either given to a Museum or auctioned off to true collectors and the money
raised given to Police Funds or chartty.
People collect knives, swords, bottles, razors, fire arms, autos, barbed wire* improper use of any of
these can cause more harm and destruction than any gaming device. In the wrong hands almost any
thing can be an aid to crime.
It is unfair to single out one possible implement, that might be used to break a law, as it would be to
ban or destroy every item that is capable of being used to break the law* It is the person causing the
act - the offender must be held accountable.
It is a waste of precious time and effort to seek out victimless crime*
to pursue.
There is more meaningful crime
The law agencies are overburdened now.
It is needless waste of private and public funds to drag such an argument through the courts. All this
can be remedied by simple worded legislation added to the present law. Such as allowing their use
for all legitimate purposes other than gambling. By the altering of the device to allow function with
out the use of a coin. By removal of any locking device baring free access to the Interior*
Please will you write a short note or send a telegram to:
THE HONORABLE ALAN SIEROTY
CHAIRMAN, ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
STATE CAPITOL
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814
Urge him to support legislation to protect the rights of COLLECTORS OF ANTIQUE GAMING DEVICES,
Every day you delay could cost some innocent collector his prize piece of memorabilia.
The law did not say we could not view these devices — If they continue destroying them, there will be
nothing left to see.
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On Behalf of all Collectors of American Memorabilia
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Thank You,
JERRY KENZER*,
*Once the proud owner of a 15 year long
collection now in the hands of the law awaiting their fate*
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