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To: Question_Assumptions
he thinks that the answer to cutting gun violence is to enforce the laws on the books and to focus on punishing guns used for crimes, not to enact more laws that will not be enforced

Not good enough, although better than L'Berg. It's time to roll back the gun laws now on the books, which don't work anyway in terms of preventing criminal use of guns, to something compatible with the second amendment. Oh, and lets not punish the guns, but rather those who commit assault, murder, rape, etc regardless of the weapon, or lack of weapons, used. That worked fairly well for a good long time.

48 posted on 10/02/2002 4:33:24 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
Not good enough, although better than L'Berg. It's time to roll back the gun laws now on the books, which don't work anyway in terms of preventing criminal use of guns, to something compatible with the second amendment. Oh, and lets not punish the guns, but rather those who commit assault, murder, rape, etc regardless of the weapon, or lack of weapons, used. That worked fairly well for a good long time.

That won't fly in New Jersey, a state that has gun control laws that would make most people in the blue states faint. I'd rather Forrester try to actually win the Senate than to lose supporting harder to explain ideals. That's why, despite being pro-life, I'm going to vote for him. His abortion position isn't good enough for me but my position wouldn't win in this state without some major changes in public opinion and 30 days just isn't enough time for that.

I want to see Forrester rob the Dems of the three issues they've identified as core in Torricelli's speach and in their recent ads -- abortion, environment, and gun control. Then what will the Dems have left to talk about?

54 posted on 10/02/2002 4:49:20 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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