Rosie, Rosie, Rosie .... I knew you wouldn't let us down.
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Rosie O'Donnell Defends Gun Position
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 8, 2000; 3:44 p.m. EDT
NEW YORK –– Rosie O'Donnell, a staunch gun control advocate, is defending the concealed weapon permit her son's bodyguard applied for.
"Whether or not my family is in need of armed guards, that doesn't change my position on gun control," the talk show host told People magazine. "It's not inconsistent."
National Rifle Association officials and others have accused O'Donnell of hypocrisy since The Greenwich Time, her local paper in Connecticut, reported May 25 a bodyguard who will accompany her 5-year-old son to kindergarten has applied for a gun permit.
O'Donnell, the master of ceremonies at the recent Million Mom March pushing for tighter gun laws, says the bodyguard will not carry the gun to school. She told People in its issue out Friday that her son may change schools because of the hubbub.
She criticized Greenwich police for releasing information about the application and said officers shouldn't have come onto the school's property to search the bodyguard.
O'Donnell has said she and her three children need protection because of threats as a result of her outspoken stance on gun control. She moved recently from Nyack, N.Y., to a gated community in Greenwich, in part because of worries about safety.
© Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000608/aponline154402_000.htm
Rosie O'Donnell Defends Gun Position
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 8, 2000; 3:44 p.m. EDT
NEW YORK –– Rosie O'Donnell, a staunch gun control advocate, is defending the concealed weapon permit her son's bodyguard applied for.
"Whether or not my family is in need of armed guards, that doesn't change my position on gun control," the talk show host told People magazine. "It's not inconsistent."
National Rifle Association officials and others have accused O'Donnell of hypocrisy since The Greenwich Time, her local paper in Connecticut, reported May 25 a bodyguard who will accompany her 5-year-old son to kindergarten has applied for a gun permit.
O'Donnell, the master of ceremonies at the recent Million Mom March pushing for tighter gun laws, says the bodyguard will not carry the gun to school. She told People in its issue out Friday that her son may change schools because of the hubbub.
She criticized Greenwich police for releasing information about the application and said officers shouldn't have come onto the school's property to search the bodyguard.
O'Donnell has said she and her three children need protection because of threats as a result of her outspoken stance on gun control. She moved recently from Nyack, N.Y., to a gated community in Greenwich, in part because of worries about safety.
© Copyright 2000 The Associated Press