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To: lowbridge
That's because Andrew McKelvey, of Monster.com, has loads of cash to spend on pet projects. However, as this Washington Post story reports, McKelvey may be doing more harm than good for the gun-control movement. If that's the case, mo' power to him! From the story...
Last summer, Andrew McKelvey decided he knew how to break the impasse that has dogged the gun control debate: Acknowledge Americans' right to own guns, but say that these rights come with responsibilities.

If he had been an ordinary gadfly, McKelvey might have gone unnoticed. But as the owner of Monster.com, the job search Web site, the billionaire New York businessman used his wealth to position himself at the center of the gun control movement -- and to emerge as its dominant force.

The ascension of his advocacy group, Americans for Gun Safety, has altered the national debate over guns. At a moment when the steam has seemingly gone out of congressional efforts to enact tougher gun control laws, McKelvey's supporters hail him as a potential savior who can attract a broader constituency to their cause.

Many longtime advocates of tougher gun control laws, however, charge that his endorsement of gun ownership is dooming the gun control movement by watering down its message.

The movement's purists are chewing on him as hard as the NRA is, if not harder!
20 posted on 05/21/2002 12:10:53 PM PDT by Redcloak
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The 'Pubbies really need to get a handle on this McCainiac character; IF, the AZ constituency won't.
I'm not asking they *muzzle* the asshole; becuase Lord knows, there ain't a muzzle big enough.
But an OPEN, PUBLIC invitation for him to hit the door wouldn't hurt none, either.

...& I'd sure hate to wake up one day only to learn the Leaker's speaking for a *new* Republican Party.

21 posted on 05/21/2002 1:35:36 PM PDT by Landru
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