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ELECTION 2004 Kerry denies owning Chinese assault rifle Senator derided as hypocrite for supporting ban on weapon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: September 27, 2004 5:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A sportman's magazine's report that John Kerry owns a Chinese assault rifle is not true, the senator's presidential campaign contends. As WorldNetDaily reported, Kerry, who has pushed for bans on so-called assault weapons, was quoted in the October issue of Outdoor Life responding to a Q&A presented to both leading presidential candidates. "My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam. I don't own...

Despite pushing for bans against so-called assault weapons, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry now admits he owns a "Communist Chinese assault rifle.'' ''My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam,'' Kerry told Outdoor Life magazine for its October issue. ''I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle.'' When asked by the New York Times for more information about the weapon, Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said Kerry was a registered gun owner in Massachusetts. Meehan said Thursday he was...

Does Sen. John F. Kerry really own a "Communist Chinese assault rifle," as he suggested in an interview in the latest edition of Outdoor Life magazine? ... it is legally registered, and how did he get it into the United States? ..."Senator Kerry's own words once again trip him up in an apparent hypocrisy," SAF (Second Amendment Foundation) Founder Alan Gottlieb said in a press release.

The U.S. Army has asked Congress for an extra $26 million to buy 7,000 XM-8 rifles next year. These weapons would be used to equip to infantry brigades and thus give the rifle a wide scale test. The money requested would also pay for the staff needed to monitor the testing. The rifle has already undergone thousands of hours of user testing and there have been some recommendations, all minor. The buttons on the sight are to be rearranged, to make the sight easier to use. There were also complaints about battery life for the sight, and a new battery...

Deputy's killer filed complaints against him in '94 By Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE -- Nine years before shooting Deputy Steve Sorensen to death outside his desert trailer, Donald Charles Kueck tried to get the deputy criminally prosecuted for assault, his family said. Kueck, who died in a fiery gunbattle six days after Sorensen's Aug. 2 slaying, filed complaints in 1994 with the Sheriff's Department and other agencies alleging that Sorensen, while off duty, had pointed a gun at him during a traffic dispute on a two-lane desert road. "He (Donald) didn't hate cops but he didn't trust them, and...

Monday, December 23, 2002 Clue Could Help Solve Killings By Jeff Jones Journal Staff Writer     The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department says it has tracked down what might be another important clue in the unsolved 1999 East Mountains triple killings.     The possible weapon — an AK-47 assault rifle — was probably altered so that it had a much more distinctive look than a standard AK-47, said sheriff's Sgt. Gregg Marcantel. He heads the task force looking into the deaths of teenage friends Kevin Shirley, Luis Garcia and Matt Hunt.     Investigators have reconstructed a gun that they believe looks...

The IDF will equip its troops with the new Tavor assault rifle, manufactured by Israel Military Industries. Globes' correspondent 23 July 2002 Hebrew daily "Yediot Ahronot" reports that the IDF will equip its troops with the new Tavor assault rifle, manufactured by Israel Military Industries (IMI), the IDF Army Headquarters decided yesterday. The decision will shortly be sent to IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon for approval. Most IDF troops currently use the obsolescent US M-16 or Israeli Galil rifle. The IDF decided a new, more advanced rifle was needed. The two alternatives were the Tavor and the M-4,...