Posted on 09/07/2004 3:02:40 AM PDT by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John F. Kerry has earned a "Labor Day goose egg" from a Second Amendment group, for being a "first-class hypocrite."
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) was responding to a Labor Day picnic in Racine, W. Va., at which Kerry received a rifle as a gift from the United Mine Workers of America.
The Associated Press circulated a photograph of the Democratic presidential candidate holding the rifle.
After receiving the rifle on Monday, Kerry was quoted as saying, "I thank you for the gift, but I can't take it to the debate with me" -- an apparent reference to his upcoming political debate with President George W. Bush.
John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA public affairs director, accused Kerry of pandering to pro-gun-rights voters by portraying himself as a gun owner and hunter, but also saying he would never consider shooting a deer with an AK-47.
"This does not wash with America's gun owners," Snyder said. "The Second Amendment isn't about duck hunting. It is about the right to keep and bear arms for defense of life and property. Some gun owners are doing that right now in Florida as they protect their property from looters in the wake of Hurricanes Charley and Frances," Snyder noted.
Snyder said Kerry, just like his fellow senator from Massachusetts, Edward Kennedy, "has been a reliable vote for the anti-gun special interests.
"Just this spring, he came back from the campaign hustings to vote for a measure by anti-gun Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Charles Schumer of New York to extend a ban on the manufacture and importation of certain semiautomatic firearms beyond next week's scheduled sunset date. He also voted for a measure that would have outlawed the private sale of firearms at gun shows unless the buyer agrees to a background check," Snyder said.
"Kerry's not fooling us," Snyder added. "His 100 percent ratings from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the anti-gun American Bar Association's Special Committee on Gun Violence, and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence just add up to a big goose egg from CCRKBA."
As CNSNews.comreported, Sen. Kerry has adopted a new strategy when it comes to firearms. His desire to be viewed as a gun-toting Democrat has left the gun control lobby noticeably silent during the 2004 presidential campaign, relegated to the sidelines on an issue that played a significant role in the election four years ago.
See Earlier Stories:
Kerry Reshapes Agenda for Gun Control Lobby (20 Aug. 2004)
Kerry Sharpens Aim on Gun Vote in Red States (12 Aug. 2004)
No, "probably" about it. Kerry was a co-sponser of legislation that would ban semi-auto shotguns with a "pistol grip". In that legislation a "pistol grip" is defined as "any feature that could function as a grip". That gun, a semi-auto, actually has a pistol grip type stock. Hence he would ban it if he could.
Clear, graphic evidence that Sen kerry supports Second Amendment rights!
(Until he votes against them.)
Where's his eye and ear protection???!!!
His BUTLER forgot to give it to him :-)
Not quite, it's about the right for defense against oppression, that means government. The people who passed that law were rebels.
Please don't try to lecture me on guns. I happen to live in a state where almost everyone carries a gun.
Then you should be much more knowledgeable about guns, then you are, when you post such dribble.
That was not my "dribble". It was what was on John Kerry's website. Maybe you should read before you start lecturing.
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