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Your post seems to be plenty of proof that Kerry is no friend of gun
owners, but if anyone still has doubts, they should only have to
review Kerry's anti-gun record in the Senate. Last week, most of us
saw the film clip of Kerry on a goose hunt. I'm sorry, but I feel that
this was a stunt to get more votes from hunters and gun owners, and
not a real indication of some change in his philosophy. His attitude
against firearms is well documented. Until now, Kerry has been doing
everything possible to eliminate gun ownership in this country.  For
example, he was one of only 15 Senators to oppose final passage of the
Firearms Owners` Protection Act. His votes on that act indicated that
if Kerry had his way, gun owners would have to register to purchase
.22 rimfire ammunition, and would be subject to a 10-year prison
sentence for selling a gun to a friend or family member.

 Kerry voted to eliminate the Department of Civilian Marksmanship.
 Kerry voted to hold gun owners responsible if their firearms were
stolen and misused.
 Kerry voted repeatedly to ban gun shows.
 Kerry voted to strip federal bankruptcy protections away from the gun
industry.
 Kerry voted to "commend" the so-called Million Mom March-- the crowd
that was demanding gun registration.
 Kerry voted to charge an unlimited gun tax on firearm purchasers.

 On the votes that the anti-gun groups, the Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence, the American Bar Association--Special Committee on Gun
Violence, and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, considered to be the
most important in 2002, Senator Kerry voted their preferred position
100 percent of the time.

In contrast, on July 22, 2004, President Bush signed the historic
'National Concealed Carry for Cops' Into Law. NCCC will arm nearly 1.5
million off duty and retired officers. First proposed by LEAA and
Congressman Cunningham in 1992, this law will allow qualified off duty
and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms in
all 50 states. This closed a 12 year long effort by the Law
Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) and Congressman Randy "Duke"
Cunningham (R-CA) to get a law that will save cops' lives and protect
our communities.
  

GunWoman <GunWoman@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:<Xns9593A0E59CC1Eyee@206.124.0.13>...
> This should prove to any remaining gun owners how radical Kerry is. If 
> Kerry is elected, expect a continued push for elimination of the individual 
> right to own guns in America.
> 
> http://www.bradycampaign.org/press/release.php?release=594
> 
> TO RESTORE SANITY ON GUN ISSUE,
> BRADY CAMPAIGN, MILLION MOM MARCH
> ENDORSE JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT
> For Immediate Release:
> 10-01-2004
> 	
> Contact Communications:
> (202) 898-0792
> Washington, D.C. ? The following is a statement from Michael Barnes, 
> President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the 
> Million Mom March:
> 
> ?During the 2000 presidential campaign, the National Rifle Association?s 
> Kayne Robinson said that if George W. Bush was elected President, the NRA 
> would be working out of the White House.
> 
> ?In test after test, Robinson?s prediction has turned out to be true. The 
> NRA has gotten everything it asked for from President Bush. Every time he?s 
> had a choice, he has sided with the gun lobby and against law enforcement 
> and the victims of gun violence.
> 
> ?The Bush Justice Department under Attorney General John Ashcroft secured 
> legislation allowing it to destroy Brady background check records a day 
> after the check is completed, against the advice of law enforcement 
> leaders. President Bush signed that bill.
> 
> ?The Bush Justice Department has made it easier for criminal defendants to 
> challenge gun laws as unconstitutional by insisting that federal 
> prosecutors adopt a view of the Second Amendment that is contradicted by 
> virtually every federal appeals court.
> 
> ?The Bush Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives secured a law 
> to prohibit disclosure of crime gun records that would reveal the gun 
> dealers supplying most of the guns used in crime. President Bush signed 
> that bill.
> 
> ?President Bush strongly supported an effort to give gun sellers 
> unprecedented immunity from legal accountability to the victims of gun 
> violence. The bill failed in the Senate ? but President Bush supported it. 
> And he signed similar legislation when he was the Governor of Texas.
> 
> ?And in his most devastating blow to public safety, President Bush broke 
> his promise to renew the Assault Weapons Ban. Instead of renewing the law, 
> he turned his back on the law enforcement leaders and officers who had 
> urged him to save that lifesaving statute, a law that had limited the 
> firepower of criminals. He refused to even meet with police leaders to 
> discuss it. He also turned his back on gun violence victims whose lives 
> have been shattered by these weapons.
> 
> ?This week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal local gun 
> laws in the Nation?s Capital. The White House has said President Bush will 
> sign the bill into law if the Senate takes action.
> 
> ?Time and time again, President George W. Bush has caved in to the gun 
> lobby and failed in his responsibility to keep Americans safe. He has 
> chosen the extreme ideological policies of the National Rifle Association 
> over the need to protect American citizens from gun violence every single 
> time. Not once has the President opposed anything on the NRA?s legislative 
> agenda. This is truly tragic, and it will lead to Americans, including 
> police officers, losing their lives.
> 
> ?On the other hand, Senator John Kerry has consistently supported sensible 
> gun laws throughout his career in public service. As a prosecutor and as a 
> legislator he has been a leader, working with law enforcement officials on 
> efforts to reduce gun violence. As a hunter and a war hero, Senator Kerry 
> knows that sportsmen do not need military-style assault weapons, and that 
> measures to keep guns away from criminals, terrorists and children are just 
> common sense.
> 
> ?We urge Americans who care deeply about reducing gun violence in our 
> nation to vote for Senator John Kerry.
> 
> ?Mr. Bush should seek to be the President of the National Rifle 
> Association. He has earned that job.?
> 
> # # #
> 
> As the nation's largest national, non-partisan, grassroots organization 
> leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent 
> Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March is dedicated to creating an 
> America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at 
> school, at work, and in their communities.