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To: Lunatic Fringe

http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/issues/2001-07-01/roundup.php

12. It is now legal to carry a concealed weapon in Texas. As a result, crime has gone down. An unfortunate side effect, however, is that there are now about 18 million ambulatory time bombs any place you go just waiting for Dustin Hoffman to pound on the hood and shout, "I'm walkin' here!" As for myself, I don't carry a weapon. If anybody wants to kill me, he's going to have to remember to bring his own gun.

http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/issues/2002-07-01/roundup.php

Because I believe there is something in the mind-set of the Eagle Scout that provides an excellent breeding ground for the future mass murderers of America.

http://www.ruminator.com/content/040501.html
SM: How do you feel about gun control? You wrote a column a while back about why you don’t hunt, didn’t you?

KF: I’m not anti-hunting, I just don’t hunt. As far as gun control goes, in Texas the conceal-and-carry law is working really well; it’s cut crime and I think George W. did good with that one. I don’t think he did well with the death penalty—I’m not as confident as he is that innocent men haven’t been killed.

That's all I can find on my lunch break.


160 posted on 09/20/2006 10:55:33 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: Ro_Thunder

These quotes contradict your claim that: "He's also had interviews where he's been against guns - period. Not just for self defense, not just for huntin, but not at all. "

Seems to me like Kinky makes a personal choice to eschew firearms, but at the same time supports the 2nd Amendment.


161 posted on 09/20/2006 10:59:49 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
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To: Ro_Thunder

"Border Security Key to Homeland Security
Gov. Rick Perry knows that the greatest threat to our future is a porous and unsecured border. Instead of waiting for Washington to do its job, he ordered the most aggressive state-led border security initiative in America. Perry’s actions include:

Ordering the National Guard to provide border security support six months before the President requested it.
Providing millions of dollars to help border sheriffs increase patrols.
Authorizing the use of DPS state troopers, helicopters, SWAT teams, covert surveillance teams, canine units, game wardens and the Texas Civil Air Patrol to stop illegal activity on the border.
Posting hidden surveillance cameras that will broadcast via the Internet so that Texans can help secure our border.
Fighting for $100 million to fund these border security efforts until Washington meets its responsibility.
As a result of Perry’s leadership, Texas is shutting down criminal activity on the border and our families are safer. The most recent effort, Operation El Paso, reported a 40% to 70% reduction in crime in the four participating counties."

http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer


167 posted on 09/20/2006 7:43:01 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (We shall never forget the atrocities of September 11, 2001.)
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