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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:53:23 -0500, none <anonymous@anonymousnet.net>
wrote:

>In article <261020041528064253%john@johnweeks.com>,
> "John A. Weeks III" <john@johnweeks.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <Xns958E86FD76AF0yee@206.124.0.13>, GunWoman
>> <GunWoman@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Michael Dukakis's Snoopy-like tank ride did nothing to burnish his defense 
>> > credentials in 1988, other than to highlight his utter inadequacy on 
>> > national-security issues. And photographs of John Kerry brandishing a 
>> > double-barreled shotgun while emerging from an Ohio cornfield with a dead 
>> > goose will not change his well-earned image as the leader of the most anti-
>> > gun rights presidential ticket in history.
>> 
>> It seems to me that Mr. Kerry has far more experience using guns
>> than Mr. Bush.  After all, Mr. Kerry used a real gun in a shooting
>> war over in Vietnam, while Mr. Bush pulled strings to get out of
>> duty, then went AWOL from his cushy guard assignment after losing
>> his flight ticket when he refused to take a physical that would have
>> shown that he had cocaine in his blood system.
>> 
>> -john-
>
>Hey dumbass,
>I don't see how the fact that John Kerry used a gun in a "shooting war" 
>changes the fact that he consistently votes for stricter gun control.  

Advocating some forms of gun control is not the same as "anti-gun". 

Kerry strongly supports the Second Amendment.

>Just because he has his "trusty double-barrel" doesn't mean he supports 
>my right to keep and bear arms. 

Actually, yes, it does.

Kerry is a hunter and believes in the Second Amendment. He owns
guns himself, and he is not "anti-gun". He has said so on many 
occasions.

Many sportsmen, including myself (I have hunted deer and I fish 
regularly) also support various forms of gun control (i.e. background 
checks for gun purchases, bans on automatic weapons, etc.). That
does not mean we are "anti-gun". It just means that we understand 
that with freedom comes responsibility.

In addition to being a "Veteran for Kerry", I am also a 
"Sportsman for Kerry". 

http://www.johnkerry.com/communities/sportsmen/

> I don't care how many wars he was in, I wouldn't vote for him 
>if he was the only guy running.

That much is obvious, but don't claim that gun control is 
the only issue that helped you to form that opinion.



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