-Caveat Lector- What about the cocaine? Bard wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > Bush Backs Some Gun-Control Efforts > By James Pilcher > Associated Press Writer > Friday, August 27, 1999; 1:36 p.m. EDT > > MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush, bringing his GOP > presidential campaign to an area stung by episodes of wanton gun violence, > today endorsed efforts in Congress to raise the legal age for gun ownership > to 21 from 18. > > Bush also backed proposals in Congress to outlaw certain large ammunition > clips and repeated his support for background checks on firearms sales at > gun shows. > > ``I support them all,'' Bush said when asked about the proposals. ``These > are all reasonable measures.'' > > Democrats have attacked Bush as being soft on gun control, noting he has > spoken against government-mandated gun registration, signed legislation > barring cities in Texas from suing gun makers for the costs of violence, and > deemed mandatory child safety locks on firearms impractical to enforce. > > Bush today stressed his core belief in gun rights. ``I believe innocent > people, law-abiding citizens, ought to be allowed to own a gun,'' he told > reporters. ``I believe they ought to be allowed to hunt and protect > themselves.'' > > He said previously he would have voted for legislation defeated by the House > that would have required a 24-hour background check on weapons sales at gun > shows. Most Democrats pushed for a longer waiting period and argued a > 24-hour mandate actually would have allowed some gun show sales to move > faster. > > Bush was ending a three-day Southern campaign swing in the Atlanta area, > where several shootings this summer commanded national attention. > > On July 29, Mark O. Barton shot and killed nine people at two day-trading > firms in Atlanta before committing suicide. Barely two weeks earlier, a > gunman killed two women and four children in their Atlanta home before > killing himself. In May, a 15-year-old boy opened fire at his high school in > suburban Conyers, wounding six classmates. > > Bush started the day touring a church-run homeless shelter. He held it out > as an example of a religious organization that should be eligible for > government money. > http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990827/V000076-082799-idx.htm > l > > Bard > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic > screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters > and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright > frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects > spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL > gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; > be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and > nazi's need not apply. > > Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. > ======================================================================== > Archives Available at: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ======================================================================== > To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: > SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: > SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Om DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
