National Politics

Op-Ed: Kerry Sharpens Aim on Gun Vote in Red States

1:17pm Tuesday, August 17, 2004
August 12, 2004 CNSNews.com By Robert B. Bluey Four years after Al Gore alienated gun owners with his tough talk and anti-gun record, this year's Democrat presidential nominee has adopted a new strategy when it comes to firearms. John Kerry is using images to make his case to gun owners. Before most voters were paying attention to the candidates seeking the Democrat nomination last year, Kerry...

Letter to the Editor: Kerry’s image belies his support of gun bill

1:42pm Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Sen. John Kerry has portrayed himself as a hunter and advocate of Second Amendment rights in his commercials. This revelation was undoubtedly welcomed by the millions of firearms owners in the United States. Now he is the co-sponsor of a bill that will outlaw repeating shotguns and rifles. These are used by trapshooters, skeet shooters and hunters. The repeating...

Anti-CCW Ohio Mayor gets cudos at DNC Convention

10:00am Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Mayor gets 3 minutes in spotlight BOSTON - Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic will get time in the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention -- if only three minutes. The mayor is scheduled to speak today on behalf of the National Conference of Mayors, of which he recently was named president. "I'll get three minutes, sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.,'' he...

''Quiet Revolution''

8:59am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 20, 2004 Reuters Guns Lobby Racks Up Legislative Gains Across U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The powerful U.S. gun lobby seems poised for victory in a high profile battle to end a ban on some assault weapons and experts say it has also been piling up numerous quiet victories at the state level. A federal ban on certain military-style semi-automatic weapons enacted in 1994 is due to expire on...

A Glorious Sunset

11:17pm Saturday, July 17, 2004
With the September 13 expiration of the Clinton gun ban fast approaching, anti-gun activists across the nation are making a renewed push to re-enact this ineffective legislation. Congress will be in session for only 14 more work days before the sunset date arrives, and because time is short, the anti-gunners are redoubling their efforts to extend the ban. Consider these examples in Ohio: align="...

Congress approves concealed weapons bill

6:57am Friday, July 09, 2004
July 7, 2004 Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Off-duty and retired police officers would have the right to carry concealed weapons in any state under legislation the Senate approved by voice vote Wednesday and sent to the president. H.R. 218, passed by the House last month, would override some states' prohibitions on carrying concealed firearms. Many states do not recognize other states' concealed...

Op-Ed: Add Gun Control To Litany Of Misbegotten Gov't Plans

6:57am Thursday, July 01, 2004
June 29, 2004 Investor's Business Daily By John R. Lott Jr. and Eli Lehrer The gun -control movement is in trouble internationally. From Britain to Australia to Canada, promises of lower crime rates from gun control have turned into historic increases in crime. While the normal knee-jerk solutions are to press for even more controls, once guns are banned the explanation that the laws failed...

Assault weapons ban renewal in doubt

8:14am Tuesday, June 29, 2004
June 28, 2004 San Francisco Chronicle Washington -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein knows the odds are increasingly daunting as she tries to win congressional renewal of her 10-year-old assault weapons ban before it expires Sept. 13, and she warns that if the law lapses "you can expect the market to become flooded'' with such guns as AK-47s and Uzis. The California Democrat will be home in San Francisco on...

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