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Florida: Broward sheriff's role in CNN gun show upsets NRA ["honest misunderstanding"]
Sun-Sentinel ^ | May 21, 2003

Posted on 05/21/2003 10:29:01 AM PDT by george wythe

FORT LAUDERDALE · Gun activists say it was a demonstration of "agenda journalism." The Broward Sheriff's Office says it was an honest misunderstanding

Sheriff Ken Jenne drew the ire of the National Rifle Association last week when he appeared on a CNN segment about the 1994 assault weapons ban. The NRA says Jenne and CNN misled viewers by demonstrating the power of guns the ban doesn't prohibit.

"I think CNN and the sheriff got together for a show on agenda journalism," NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said Monday. "How could he not have known those weapons weren't part of the assault weapons ban?"

The segment, which aired Friday, showed a deputy firing rounds from an automatic AK-47 rifle into concrete blocks -- something the lobby said misled viewers because fully automatic weapons were not included in the 1994 law. The NRA also said video showing an AK-47 round piercing a bulletproof vest was misleading because the vests are designed to protect officers from handguns, not rifles.

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To: demosthenes the elder; Travis McGee

41 posted on 05/21/2003 6:18:05 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: George W. Bush; Redbob; Eaker
George W. Bush wrote:
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42 posted on 05/21/2003 6:27:08 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: perfect stranger
We need to make some Sheriff Ken-Ken dolls for the Christmas season. At 14" tall they are life size dolls. Mouth in a permanent sneer. Wigs not needed since the Sheriff Ken-Ken dolls already have the requisite chrome domes.
43 posted on 05/21/2003 6:50:17 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (He Who Laughs Last Was Too Dumb To Figure out the Joke First)
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To: george wythe; Admin Moderator
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44 posted on 05/21/2003 6:54:08 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: AnAmericanMother
AKA "Romanian Term Limits!"
45 posted on 05/21/2003 7:04:54 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Joe Brower


46 posted on 05/21/2003 10:30:43 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Travis McGee
"Huey P Long term limits!"

I love it!

That, BTW, is EXACTLY why dictators like Sheriff Jenne do NOT want an armed populace.

And it is also why We the People need the right to KABA.
47 posted on 05/22/2003 6:32:46 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: George W. Bush
Posting the whole article, in case you haven't noticed, is what generates these copyright issues that have cost FreeRepublic enormously.

(Trying to picture some too lazy to 'click')
48 posted on 05/22/2003 6:34:36 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: Redbob
That, BTW, is EXACTLY why dictators like Sheriff Jenne do NOT want an armed populace.

It's easy to see why corrupt pols like Jenne, who stay in power through patronage and blackmail, get nervous at the thought of armed peasants. My book would give him a heart attack.

49 posted on 05/22/2003 7:23:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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