Democrats Shunning Gun Control

Washington Times ^ | James G. Lakely

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Democrats appear to have abandoned gun control as a political wedge, declining to push the issue in Congress despite being given the opportunity by congressional Republicans. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, upbraided President Bush earlier this month for not pushing fellow Republicans to bring the assault-weapons ban up for reauthorization before it expires in September 2004. "The president has announced that he supports the assault ban, and it would be helpful if he used his good offices to do that," Mrs. Pelosi said at her last weekly press briefing before the Memorial Day recess. "I don't know whether he intends to or not." House Republicans consider it a pretty safe bet that he won't, and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas has stated that the chances of a renewal of the ban coming to the House floor are slim. Yet Democrats still have options

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Thanks for the format; my eyes were gettin' real sore.

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What Army is killing the civilian shown in the picture?

Nazi *clean-up* details shooting Russian civilians, primarily Jewish Communists, in the Ukraine, following the early successes of the Nazi Operation Barbarossa invasion of the USSR, circa June, 1941.

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Buy lots of ammo. Do it today.

When the hyperbolized *Million Mom March* folks chose their overenthusiastic name, I came up with a simple enough counter: the decision to purchase and store a million rounds of the more useful calibers of [mostly] small arms ammo, just in case it became suddenly either very useful, or a substitute or alternative for devalued specie currency.

I've not quite yet reached that goal, but in recent days, have been informed that a reasonably accurate estimate of the number of illegal entrants resident in this country, before modification for political motives, numbers ten million. Oh well, I have the room....

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