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"More gun control, please"
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A father recently sent me the following letter: "I had to go to work unexpectedly one night due to an emergency. My 8-year-old daughter was a little worried that I would be leaving her and my wife alone. We live in a very nice and safe neighborhood. I jokingly told her that no bad men would come in our house because I put out a sign that read, 'No Bad Men Allowed.' She frowned and immediately responded, 'Daddy, bad men don't do what the signs say. That's why they're bad.' " ... |
Australia: "Legal guns under fire"
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"Most mass shootings are committed with legal handguns by people with no criminal records, according to research given to premiers and the [Australian] Prime Minister last night."
"Harvard University research shows that only two of the world's 10 deadliest mass shootings were carried out with illegal weapons - those at Port Arthur in 1996 and Columbine High School, Colorado, in 1999."
"A second study, by the New Zealand Mental Health Commission, found that 87 per cent of victims of mass shootings in Australia and New Zealand were shot by people with no criminal history."
"The research was revealed after some state politicians have shown reluctance to crack down on hand gun ownership. They say the problem lies with illegally owned weapons." ... |
NY: 'Rifle' drive triggers midtown alarm
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A driver who was spotted shifting a rifle in his car touched off a sniper-related panic that snarled the evening rush hour yesterday.
At about 2:50 p.m. a caller to 911 said a heavy-set white man with a beard put a rifle in the back seat of a beige Toyota Corolla on West 47th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, the heart of the Diamond District.
The man drove north on Sixth to Central Park, where another witness saw him shift the rifle to the trunk.
Cops caught up with the Corolla at Park and 50th, but the driver sped off. Police, concerned that the incident was related to the D.C.-area sniper, beefed up checkpoints in and out of the city.
The enhanced security slowed traffic to a crawl. But by 7 p.m. security was reduced to a lower level.
Police said the car belonged to a vacationing Connecticut woman and is still missing. |
The Echelonization of America: NSA to spy domestically?
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"The head of the National Security Agency said last week that Congress might want to aim the most powerful surveillance system in the world at American citizens."
"Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, in a rare public appearance before the Senate Intelligence committee, said the ongoing terrorist threat means America needs to debate where to draw the line between foreign and domestic surveillance. Currently the NSA is prohibited from spying domestically." ... |
Who let Lee Malvo loose?
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"Here are the facts the INS doesn't want you to know: Lee Malvo is an illegal alien from Jamaica who jumped ship in Miami in June 2001. He was apprehended by the Border Patrol in Bellingham, Wash., in December 2001, but was then let go by the INS district in Seattle in clear violation of federal law and contrary to what the arresting Border Patrol officers intended, according to my law enforcement sources." ... |
The NRA's cold, dead agenda
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"When the National Rifle Association needs to whip its members into a frenzy, it trots out Moses-cum-NRA President Charlton Heston to hold a rifle over his head and utter a five-word challenge to all who would use the law to take his gun away: 'From my cold, dead hands.' "
"Heston made the same exhortation Monday on behalf of pro-NRA candidates in New Hampshire. Under normal circumstances, his stale harangue might have gone unnoticed. Not this time. With the Beltway sniper warning, 'Your children are not safe,' the extremism of the NRA is even harder to stomach." ...
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If Mr. Heston's pretending that he'd fight with his life to keep his antique singleshot musket scares you, what do you think about patriots who actually mean those words when they say them and who are armed with modern militia weaponry? |
Australia: States agree to consider new handgun curbs
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"Prime Minister John Howard and state leaders today agreed to consider a detailed proposal to restrict handguns, including an amnesty and a buy-back."
" 'The prime minister is proposing that there be an equal sharing arrangement of the funding between the commonwealth and the states for that buy-back,' Vic Premier Steve Bracks said." ...
"Mr Bracks said today's meeting of premiers and chief ministers considered two proposals for gun law reform - one from Victoria and another from Prime Minister John Howard." [There's a fancy new way to describe stripping people of their rights and their property.]
"He said the two plans concurred in most details and included proposals to reduce the number of handguns, toughen up licensing procedures, and define handgun sports in much greater detail."
"Mr Bracks said his plan for psychological testing of gun licence applicants would also be considered, as would a proposal for handguns to be stored on club premises." ... |
Australia: "Shooters welcome gun review"
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"THE Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (SSAA) has welcomed a review of national hand gun laws and offered to do everything possible to stop the wrong people getting hold of guns."
"State premiers and territory leaders met with Prime Minister John Howard today to discuss strengthening Australia's gun laws."
"Mr Howard called for a ban on all handguns except those used in sports and law enforcement after the meeting."
"SSAA spokesman Gary Fleetwood said the Association wanted to ensure there was no repeat of the situation in Melbourne where the Monash gunman joined two clubs with neither knowing how many guns he had."
"He said there also needed to be proper procedures to allow clubs to expel members believed to be unfit to own firearms." ... |
UK: Thirty year coverup unravels
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The Bloody Sunday massacre of 1972 has been called "England's Waco" by some. It may have taken 30 years, but the massive official coverup is now beginning to unravel. Of equal value is that the testimony by many who experienced those times provides a snapshot of the life of an officially disarmed population dominated by a superior armed force, even when that force is a supposed to be a thoroughly civilized and moderate western power. |
SD: Heston boosts GOP
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"Charlton Heston says he feels at home in South Dakota."
"The 78-year-old actor, author and civil rights activist, who is serving an unprecedented fifth term as president of the National Rifle Association, spoke to a largely Republican crowd Wednesday evening at a rally supporting NRA-endorsed candidates." ...
"This is a very important election. Your vote must be for freedom first," Heston said. "Without freedom there would be no America, just some dirt with a bunch of flowers growing out of it." ... |
Unreasonably dangerous gun case
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"Another attempt is being made to hold a lawful firearms manufacturer responsible for the deliberate, criminal misuse of one of its products by a third-party actor over which it could not possibly have exerted control. In May 2000, Nathaniel Brazill carried a .25-caliber, semiautomatic pistol into his middle school. He shot and killed his English teacher, Barry Grunow, and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison. A straightforward case? Unfortunately not." ... |
"In the United States, nine children are killed by guns every day"
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "When it comes to kids, the sniper is us"
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" 'YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE.' "
"Was the sniper referring to the fact that, in the United States, nine children are killed by guns every day, and that about 1 in 1,000 will be killed by guns before age 20?" ...
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9 children a day = 3,285 children.
Perhaps this teller of tall tales would like to provide some proof of this gross overstatement. Remove late teen violent gang members shot during turf warfare and remove suicides (personal choice) and the number is a small fraction of that.
But some media figures simply enjoy deceit. These days, one wonders if it's a prerequisite to getting hired. |
Bill Aims to Revoke Citizenship for Turncoats
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"In the wake of the John Walker Lindh case, a Georgia congressman is introducing legislation that would make it easier to strip U.S. citizenship from turncoats."
" 'Why should he have the right of retaining his citizenship when other people have lost their lives?' asked Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., the author of the No Citizenship for Terrorists Act, which was introduced in the House early this month."
" 'The 14th Amendment was intended to take the rights of citizenship out of the hands of politicians,' Schapiro added. 'But in this age of terror, some say America should be able to cast out its citizens who turn on their own country.' " ... |
Brain abnormality may be key to criminal behavior
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"In the 1990s a research team — led by Adrian Raine of the University of Southern California and Monte Buchsbaum, did brain scans of 25 convicted murderers. They found that many of the killers had abnormalities in the front sections of the brain, the so-called frontal lobes."
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Science is now proving that the brain, not a gun, is the catalyst to criminal behavior. Banning all guns will not do anything but make us more vulnerable to these biologically-programmed predators.
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As so many people have died via gun control -- as a result of being unable to defend themselves from violent criminals -- perhaps it's time to do brain scans on all public servants who promote gun control to get a good look at their frontal lobes. |
Identifying some of the latest gun bigotry and anti-Americanism
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... "...there's a sizeable number of folks -- both in this country and in Canada -- for whom an NRA link to the person or persons who have thus far killed nine and wounded three would be cause for almighty celebration..."
"...CNN duly derisively reported last weekend that, 'believe it or not' one of the few events in Rockville, Maryland, that was not cancelled because of the sniper was a local gun show..." ... |
FL: All-female jury hears suit over gun in teacher's shooting
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"Six women, three of them schoolteachers, will determine whether the Saturday Night Special used to murder Lake Worth Middle School teacher Barry Grunow should have ever been sold."
"The gun company being sued, Valor Corp. of Sunrise, objected repeatedly this week to the all-female panel, but was out of chances to remove jurors."
"Seated after weeks of jury selection [tampering], the jury includes a teacher and teacher aide working in public schools and a private school teacher." ... |
"Sniper attacks a reminder of incomplete gun control"
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"Not surprisingly, the sniper shooting deaths in the Washington, D.C., area have revived proposals for further gun control laws."
"So far there is no widespread call for new legislation. Perhaps that partly reflects the prime current objective: catching the killer (or killers); in part it may also reflect the public realization that limits on gun ownership are only a partial solution in a culture steeped in violence." ... |
MD: Rifle found in suspects' car
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"A Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle was recovered from the vehicle impounded during the overnight arrest of two suspects in the Washington-area sniper case, a law enforcement source told CNN Thursday."
DANCING IN BLOOD...
VPC has a slam against Bushmaster on their home page. |
At home on the Range
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An almost (but not quite) positive story about firearms for a change...
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"A world away from the crime scenes, there is a respect and a love for guns." |
NJ: McGreevey, lawmakers reach compromise on stalled "smart gun' legislation
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TRENTON, N.J. -- "Gov. James E. McGreevey and several state lawmakers have reached a compromise that will allow 'smart gun' legislation to move forward in the Assembly."
"The measure would eventually require each new handgun sold in New Jersey to have a mechanism that would prevent anyone other than its owner from firing it. It was passed by the Senate earlier this month, but it stalled in the lower chamber last week."
"Peter Barnes, a Middlesex County Democrat who chairs the Law and Public Safety Committee, refused to move the bill unless it was amended to mandate that law enforcement officers also be required to carry weapons equipped with the technology."
"The compromise announced Wednesday calls for the state attorney general to appoint a task force of law enforcement personnel to study the feasibility of Barnes' demand." ... |
France: French Crime Bill Targets Streets
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"PARIS -- "Beggars could face prison terms, 'passive soliciting' could land both client and prostitute behind bars, and kids hanging out in building hallways risk jail."
"The French Cabinet approved these and other measures Wednesday as part of a sweeping new anti-crime campaign that seeks to expand police powers."
"However, critics said the legislation tramples human rights and hands too much power to police." ...
"Crime rose nearly 8 percent in 2001, with violent crime up a staggering 23 percent. Paris police say nearly 1,000 cell phones are stolen each month and announcements in subways tell people in English and French to watch their wallets." ...
"Gun owners would be required to register weapons 48 hours after buying them and certify their physical and psychiatric health." ... |
"Rational gun-rights advocates take better aim than the loose cannons"
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"Maybe gun rights advocates are getting smarter, or maybe my luck has just changed."
"Since I'm not anti-gun, but am pro-common sense and anti-murder, once in a long while I write something sympathetic to this or that gun-regulation proposal." ...
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While this writer's final analysis doesn't even come close to addressing the reason we oppose firearms ballistics registration, it's nice to see him actually considering what liberty advocates have to say. |
FL: Grunow gun's distributor cut barrels in '70s
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"A mighty witness -- a former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms -- told jurors in Pam Grunow's gun lawsuit Wednesday that weapons companies have known for decades that the Saturday night specials they dealt in are widely used to commit crimes."
"But it's what the former director, Rex Davis, could not tell jurors that's more eye-opening." ... |
Australia: Leaders move on 'buyback'
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"A HANDGUN buyback and a ban on all non-sporting pistols and revolvers appear certain after a meeting of federal and state leaders yesterday."
"The national crackdown would ban all classes of hand guns not used in law enforcement or international competition such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games." ... |
Australia: Four guns issued at one club
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"THE Sporting Shooters' Association is investigating why a man who has since been charged with murder was allowed to buy four guns from one of its clubs within six months."
"Association president Sebastian Ziccone, a staunch supporter of shooters' rights, said he was concerned one of his clubs had been linked to Huan Yun Xiang, the man charged with two murders and five counts of attempted murder at Monash University." ... |
Australia: Govts agree to strengthen gun laws, security
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"The Prime Minister and state and territory leaders have agreed to tighten up gun laws, after a meeting in Canberra today."
"The leaders have also announced measures to strengthen Australia's anti-terrorism arrangements and have signed a counter-terrorism agreement."
"John Howard has proposed a ban on all guns that do not meet Commonwealth and Olympic games sporting shooters classification." ... |
Bill to "Require fingerprinting for purchasers of new guns."
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Gun-buying proposal receives support after sniper attacks "
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"In an issue that has gained interest since the deadly sniper shootings in Washington, D.C., Senator Herb Kohl, D-Wis., reintroduced legislation this month that would require fingerprinting for purchasers of new guns."
"Zach Goldberg, spokesperson for Kohl, said the legislation was not introduced because of the sniper shootings." ... |
WI: Gun-buying proposal receives support after sniper attacks
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"In an issue that has gained interest since the deadly sniper shootings in Washington, D.C., Senator Herb Kohl, D-Wis., reintroduced legislation this month that would require fingerprinting for purchasers of new guns."
"Zach Goldberg, spokesperson for Kohl, said the legislation was not introduced because of the sniper shootings." |
MA: Gun-control advocates pushing data bank to ID weapons
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"Between June 13 and July 30, seven people were shot in Boston by one .22-caliber handgun - a chilling track record police pieced together with aging ballistics technology."
"But had the weapon not been recovered, the trail would have gone cold for investigators." ... |
UK: Britons 'don't trust' government or EU
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"Britons have an unusually high level of distrust in their own government as well as in EU institutions - about which they are more ignorant than people in any other member state, according to a survey."
"The latest findings from Eurobarometer, the polling arm of the European commission, show that 33% of Britons tends to trust the government. Only France, where the figure was 30%, performs worse. Average trust in national government across the EU was 47%." ... |
CA: Boy Who Saved Dogs With Water Guns Honored
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"When a 9-year-old California boy came to the rescue, it's a good thing he was armed -- with a Supersoaker water gun."
"And now, he's going to be recognized as a hero by animal welfare officials."
"Back in August, on a 90-degree day, Isiah Ayala, of Watsonville, saw two puppies in a parked car, with one window barely rolled down."
QUESTION...
It's great to honor a boy for doing a good thing, but when is the last time we heard of such public honors being bestowed upon someone who used a firearm to save someone's life or to help capture a violent criminal?
Is keeping a dog hydrated on the same plane as keeping people from being raped, robbed or murdered? |
Australia: Illegal imports 'key' to gun control
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"REDUCING the number of guns in the community meant tackling illegal importation, West Australian Premier Geoff Gallop said yesterday."
[Yes, and the ban on importation of cocaine, marijuana and heroine is so effective, right?]
"Dr Gallop was speaking after a meeting with state, federal and territory leaders in Canberra."
" 'We want a practical but a meaningful approach to this that does reduce the amount of handguns in the community,' he told reporters." ... |
It's United Nations Day in the U.S.!
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"Investigative journalist and U.N. expert William F. Jasper published another exposé of the United Nations last year, a book that is yet to receive the attention it deserves: 'The United Nations Exposed.' (1) Since Oct. 24 is 'United Nations Day' in the U.S., it's worthwhile to bring this informative and well-researched book to the attention of readers who may not be acquainted with the abominable record of the power-seeking, supranational organization." ... |
Australia: Handgun ban by Christmas
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"A NATIONAL ban on almost all handguns could be in place by the end of this year following agreement between the Prime Minister and premiers on tightening firearm laws."
"At a meeting with state leaders in Canberra yesterday, John Howard proposed a buyback of all handguns, except those used for Commonwealth or Olympic Games and similar events or for police, security and military purposes." ... |
NY: Bill would ban toy gun sales
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"The sale of toy guns would be banned in the city under legislation two City Council members introduced Wednesday."
"Councilmen David Weprin and Albert Vann said the city's existing law, which allows the sale of only brightly colored toy guns constructed of transparent material, is not enough because some buyers simply stain the toy guns black, making them appear real." ... |
NRA President Charlton Heston Favors Gun 'Fingerprinting'
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"Gun 'Fingerprinting' Is 'Good' - IF ...
"Heston seemed to split with his organization on one important issue: ballistic 'fingerprinting.' NRA has many objections to a bill in Congress, but the Washington-area serial killer might have swayed Heston. 'I think if it will help find this guy and bring him to be arrested, then it will be good, of course,' he told the Times." |
Suspects' gun linked to sniper attacks
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"Ballistic tests on the gun found in the car of the men authorities believe are involved in the Washington-area sniper attacks have matched that weapon to the bullets used to kill 10 people, senior administration officials said Thursday evening." ... |
NRA Stickers & 'Reasonable Suspicion' to Search a Car of a Gun
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"In March of 1993, a police officer in Texas stopped a pick-up truck which Jeffrey Estep was driving because the truck was going 47 mph in a 35 mph zone. Based in part on the fact that the pick-up truck displayed a National Rifle Association sticker, the police - allegedly fearing for their safety - conducted a search of the vehicle over Estep's objection and discovered that Estep was wrongfully carrying a pistol. |
CT: "A 'Million' reasons to limit guns"
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"The woman who created the Million Mom March brought her campaign to end gun violence in America to Eastern Connecticut State University Wednesday."
"Mary Leigh Blek, director of the Million Mom March, found a captive audience for her topic, as law enforcement in metropolitan Washington, D.C., continues its search for a sniper that has killed 10 people and injured three others since Oct. 2." ... |
A bullet's 'fingerprint'
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"SHAME. SHAME. Shame. That's the only way to describe Congress' appalling record when it comes to protecting ordinary citizens from gun violence." [Leave it to a San Francisco liberal rag to suggest that it's Congress' job to protect the individual.]
"Every time there is a gun-related atrocity, like the one now terrorizing the Washington area, there is much huffing and puffing about the need to do something." ... |
MI: Ted Nugent suggests he may run for Michigan governor office
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"Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent said Wednesday that he will run for governor of Michigan in 2006."
"Nugent, who was in Naples to speak to middle and high school students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, said if Democrat and Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm beats Republican candidate and Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus he'll run in 2006" ... |
NRA: Joint Statement On Ballistic "Fingerprinting"
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"In times of exasperation over inexplicable tragedy, it's reasonable to search for preventative solutions. Yet despite our collective horror, proposals must be evaluated with objectivity, weighing possible benefit against certain costs that must be measured in terms of both financial reality and personal freedom." ... |
NC: Robbery attempt ends in death of bad guy
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"A Durham man shot by a Best Western motel clerk in eastern Orange County died late Thursday night and Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass said today that he will not file charges against the clerk, authorities said." ... |
Tests Link Gun to Sniper Shootings
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"John Allen Muhammad, 41 — arrested with 17-year-old John Lee Malvo — appeared in court, and was ordered held without bail. Both, said Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, are considered suspects in the sniper attacks."
"A gun found in the suspects' car — a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle — had been linked by ballistics to 11 of the 14 shootings, including one in which no one was injured, said Michael Bouchard, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms." ... |
UK: "Gun debate crucial for Maryland election"
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... "Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 2-1 in Maryland."
"But voters in that state have sent moderate, some say liberal, Republican Constance Morella to the House of Representatives eight times."
"Her opponent, Democrat Christopher Van Hollen Jnr, has tried to say the race is about the different priorities of the two parties, including gun control."
"But both candidates are making the most of their gun control credentials." ... |
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