Posted on 09/27/2004 4:00:56 PM PDT by ETERNAL WARMING
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 one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle."
But campaign spokesman Michael Meehan told the New York Times Kerry owns two guns, a double-barreled 12-gauge shotgun and a single-bolt-action military rifle, which he "keeps as a relic" and had never fired.
Outdoor Life claimed it had done an exclusive interview with the candidates, but Meehan said many of the remarks attributed to Kerry were from a questionnaire filled out by campaign staff.
The military rifle, which has no markings, came from a friend of Kerry's "years ago," Meehan said, noting rifles of that kind were first produced more than 100 years ago in Russia.
They commonly were used by North Korean and Viet Cong communists.
Meehan told the Times he was unable to ask Kerry about the rifle last week because of the senator's hoarse voice.
Kerry is a hunter who voiced support for the recently expired assault-weapons ban and often tells citizens he's never met anyone who wanted to use an AK-47 to shoot a deer.
Last week, Andrew Arulanandam, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, told the Times the comment in Outdoor Life made Kerry's support of the ban disingenuous.
''It's OK for John Kerry to own these kinds of firearms, but it's not OK for John Q. Public?'' Arulanandam said, adding Kerry could be subject to court-martial if the gun were brought home from the war as a souvenir. ''He certainly owes people an explanation as to why there's a double standard.''
That's right, John boy, blame it on the staff! You freaking dork.
Speaking about Jimmy Cahtah...
He owned it before he didn't own it.
And the interview was an exclusive before it was a questionnaire.
Vintage Kerry: He owned an assault rifle before he didn't own one.
Seems that Kerry did not actually do that interview. The magazine sent the questions to him and his staff answered the questions not him. They somehow got confused and mentioned a rifle that he used in Vietnam. Strange that they would know about that, I guess Kerry has been showing his home movies again.
So, is the magazine misstating its "exclusive interview", or Meehan just trying to fob this off as a "staff error"? Should be easy for Outdoor Life to clear this up.
Ah. Thanks. Sounds like the "interview" was actually just the questionnaire answers.
What does Outdoor Life have to say? I hope they'll stand by their story!
This has been typical of kerry. Pass the buck to his nameless staff.
I don't get it. If the answers come from a questionaire, where does Outdoor Life get off attributing this quote to him?
I actually did own a Communist Chinese assault rifle, before I decided against it.
SUPER-lame answer.
It's his family's, not his.
By now,the whole world should be aware the self-annointed "Elite" believe-in as much sincerity as their pathetic consciences can generate-they are /should be above the laws the pass to restrict our freedom.
Ted Kennedy, for example used to have bodyguards armed with Mac-10's and Uzis,and raised so much hell when the Capitol Police "interfered with" them,they just left him alone. (You and I, of course,would still be dreaming hopelessly of parole.)
The military rifle, which has no markings, came from a friend of Kerry's "years ago," Meehan said, noting rifles of that kind were first produced more than 100 years ago in Russia.
I thought that all guns made in the last 200 years had markings. I think that it is against federal law to possess an unmarked gun. The ATF should be knocking on his door and asking to see that weapon.
Pathetic lie.
"Kerry is a hunter who voiced support for the recently expired assault-weapons ban and often tells citizens he's never met anyone who wanted to use an AK-47 to shoot a deer."
He REALLY wasn't in Vietnam for too long, was he? Plenty of hunters in Vietnam used AK-47's for hunting as they had/have nothing else.
There's also the fact that an AK-47 would be full-auto and would not be very much fun in a hunt since the police, the FBI, and the ATF would be trying to arrest you for illegal possession of a full-auto rifle.
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