[Joe Brower]

The grabbers are nothing if not creative in their twisted rationalizations in their efforts to disarm law-abiding Americans.

This approach seems to reek of desperation.

[Joe Brower]

[Orangedog]

Maybe Janet Reno should have recused herself from firearms policy discussions, as well as Boxer, Schumer, Feinstein and the others who find the Bill of Rights to be inconvenient.

[Lost Highway]

Now if we could just get them all to hold their breath until Mr. Ashcroft does recuse himself we'll be all set.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"If you are in a position of power, and you disagree with our viewpoint, you MUST recuse yourself from any discussion or action related to it..." is basically what they are saying... fascist pigs...

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I would curious to know how much these groups donated to the Clinton and Gore campaigns, as I don't recall them ever asking Ms Reno to recuse herself.

[FormerLib]

This is so stupid that it's actually quite funny!

[RogueIsland]

Dear Ms. Brady,

Get bent.

Cordially yours,
John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States of America

[spunkets]

"This approach seems to reek of desperation."

Liberals always claim conflict of interest when the party doesn't hold and promote their view. Campaign finance reform is part of that same general scheme. They generally want all rational voices silenced, so their propaganda machine runs w/o distractions.

[Lazamataz]

In a letter delivered today, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March asked U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to recuse himself from all matters related to firearms policy.

BBBBWBWWWWWWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

But of course, Rahm Emanual, noted gun hater; Bill Clinton, NRA foe; and Janet Reno, declared enemy of all things gun related, were just fine.

What effing morons.

[Lazamataz]

The grabbers are nothing if not creative in their twisted rationalizations in their efforts to disarm law-abiding Americans.

No, not really. This is transparent and just plain silly. The average undecided Joe Citizen is going to remember the strident anti-gun screeches from the last administration and say, "Huh? Nope, that's a new standard, if'n I ever heard one."

It's not only desperate, it does not pass the Laugh Test.

[RFP]

PING

[skeeter]

Ashcroft will be OK with me as long as the gungrabbers hate him.

As far as individual liberties are concerned, the gun issue is the acid test.

[Lumberjack]

And where precisely did these hags ask any Clinton justice department official to recuse themselves from any 2nd Amendment issue because they had an agenda? Oh, that's right, they didn't. Hypocritical socialist battleaxes.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

To paraphrase the baby killing abortionists, "If you don't like guns don't buy one".

They should recuse themselves because they don't know diddly about firearms.

[Billthedrill]

Odd - I do believe that the MMM and the Brady Bunch made similar contributions to election campaigns. Shall we then recuse Chuckie Shumer and Diane Feinstein from proposing policy on gun control? (A resounding silence ensues...)

[Mr. Bird]

Funny comments aside, Ashcroft will need a coherent response to this request. The fact of the matter is, Ashcroft recused himself from the Enron matter because the investigation necessarily raises questions of influence peddling.

To my knowledge, there are currently no allegations of influence peddling with respect to U.S. firearms policy. Indeed, the NRA likely contributed to then-Senator Ashcroft precisely because he was already predisposed to vote the way they wanted (this is the type of thing that the McCainiacs don't want to hear vis-a-vis finance reform).

When Ashcroft was confirmed, so were his predispositions and inclinations. Sorry, gun-grabbing jackasses.

[VRWCmember]

bump for later review and discussion.

[Senator_Blutarski]

To be consistent, we urge Mr. Ashcroft to also recuse himself from all decisions related to firearms policy. Here, we have a situation in which the Attorney General has benefited from more than $370,000 in contributions from the gun lobby and the firearms industry

Translation: The millions of honest, law abiding Americans who donate to the NRA and Gun Owners of America do not have the right to express their views and support political candidates of their choice.

These hateful people will do anything to deprive Americans of their Constitional rights. This is sickening.

[kylaka]

"This approach seems to reek of desperation."

They few sane libs know the gun issue cost them the presidency, and they've basically thrown the anti-gunners overboard for the time being. So what's a good anti to do? Ask Ashcroft to shoot himself.

[Dave Olson]

Specifically, the Brady Campaign's letter cites several examples of undue access and influence by the gun lobby:

-- After the September 11 terrorist attacks, Ashcroft refused the FBI's request to use National Instant Background Check (NICS) records to determine whether any of the individuals detained on suspicion of terrorism had been approved to buy guns.

What good would that have done? The attackers used knives and boxcutters, not guns. Besides
Ashcroft isn't allowed to let the FBI or any other agency look into these NICS records. Federal
law, specifically the Brady Law, forbids it.