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Gun control advocates have Bush in their sights
By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (September 3, 2000 4:16 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Bringing their van tour to Washington, gun control advocates assailed GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush, blaming him for legislation allowing concealed handguns virtually anywhere, including churches, hospitals and amusement parks.
Mike Barnes, president of Handgun Control, called Bush's record on gun issues "dangerous" and said it is matched by what he called "absolutely bizarre" votes against gun control in Congress by his vice presidential running mate, Dick Cheney.
Standing in Lafayette Square with the White House as a backdrop, Barnes and allies said they will discuss Bush's record on guns at length during a tour this fall of states likely to be decisive in November's presidential election.
Stops already have been made in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and are scheduled for Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, he said.
Barnes noted a Texas law that makes it easy for citizens to carry guns into churches, synagogues, hospitals, nursing homes and amusement parks.
"I guess he believes you need your gun in case you are attacked by your minister, or if a nurse in a nursing home goes berserk," Barnes said.
Nina Butts, a lobbyist for Texans Against Handgun Violence, said: "Governor Bush has been a dream come true for the National Rifle Association. What the NRA wants, Governor Bush supports. What the NRA doesn't want, Governor Bush defeats."
Barnes said as a GOP congressman from Wyoming, Cheney was one of only 21 House members to vote against a ban on so-called "cop-killer" bullets and just one of four voting against banning plastic guns which many call a favorite of terrorists because they have no metal parts to set off metal detectors at airports and other security checkpoints.
In 1995, Bush approved a measure allowing Texans to be licensed to carry concealed weapons. Bush called it another weapon in the fight against crime. "This is a bill to make Texas a safer place," he said.
In 1997, Bush signed a bill making changes in that law. Among them, it prevented prosecution of licensed gun owners for illegally carrying guns into churches unless they were given verbal or written notice that it wasn't allowed.
The Bush campaign responded with a dig at Vice President Al Gore.
"If anyone's record on guns is dangerous it is the record of the Clinton-Gore administration and its failure to enforce and prosecute our gun laws," said Ray Sullivan, a spokesman for the Bush campaign. "Governor Bush has signed tough laws in Texas cracking down on juveniles and holding parents responsible for making weapons inaccessible to children."
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
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