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  • Libertarian wants to serve in D.C. if he can take his machine gun

    05/12/2002 12:37:08 PM PDT · by archy · 40 replies · 424+ views
    The Idaho STATESMAN ^ | 12 MY 2002 | Dan Popkey
    http://204.228.236.37/Opinion/columnists/story.asp?ID=9958 Popkey: Libertarian wants to serve in D.C. — if he can take his machine gun Forget Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” A newcomer to Idaho politics has another plot in mind. Should Steve Gothard become the first Libertarian ever elected to Congress, his biopic would be called, “Mr. Smith & Wesson goes to Washington.” Gothard is challenging GOP Rep. Butch Otter and former U.S. Attorney Betty Richardson, a Democrat. But he says he won´t serve unless he gets a waiver of the District of Columbia´s tough gun-control laws, allowing him to carry his Smith & Wesson...