Other Issues
• Kerry denounced NRA`s successful efforts to eliminate monies being spent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to advance gun control policies. (Boston Herald, Aug. 14, 1996)
• Voted against the confirmation of John Ashcroft.
• Voted to spend $15 million intended for housing programs on ineffective gun buy-back programs.
• Voted to commend the Million Mom March in 2000 for their march on Washington that included calls for gun owner licensing, gun registration and other restrictions on law-abiding gun owners.
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YES all true.
I'm not debating the truth of the items, but rather the connection of voting against John Ashcroft with the preservation of or opposition to gun rights.