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...target of the progun groups was Democratic Assemblyman Bruce Bronzan of Fresno, a longtime gun owner who had been endorsed by the N.R.A. "The way the N.R.A. lobbies, there is no give of any kind," Bronzan says. "The people who called my office, who wrote letters, who lobbied my staff daily considered you anti-gun owner and anti-Constitution if you considered any strictures on ownership at all. You either had to agree with them 100% or you were against them." The tactic backfired, says Bronzan. "I received calls from lifelong N.R.A. members who felt annoyed that the N.R.A...
...Klippity" in a city hall addicted to folksy nicknames, took himself to the mayor's office. "We really ought to get out," he growled. Gradually, others agreed. The bay's tugboat captains were worried that a submerged pipe might snag their anchors. City Councilman Dan Hauser, now a state assemblyman, feared an invasion of developers along a pipe near Highway 101. Then a citizens' committee in nearby Manila, a residential ( district near a planned pipeline, sued and stalled the project for nearly two years...
Despite such encouraging signs, skeptics fret that the plague of authoritarianism has not been banished. "Those who benefited from the military dictatorship have retreated or made deals with the democratic forces," says opposition National Assemblyman Lee Chul. "Democracy is not deep rooted...
...investigation of the incident. As long as Seoul believes, justifiably, that there is a military threat from North Korea, the South Korean armed forces are bound to maintain a strong influence. "The government of ((South)) Korea is a big ship, and you must change course slowly," says D.J.P. Assemblyman Nam Jae Hee. "The people know Roh is altering the direction gradually. That's enough." The opposition also knows that pushing Roh and the government too hard could cause a backlash in favor of the right...
...National Assembly will be preoccupied with investigations of corruption under the Chun administration and of the circumstances surrounding the Kwangju massacre, an attack in 1980 by army troops in that southern city during which at least 198 people were killed. "There's no way we can win," says D.J.P. Assemblyman Suh Sang Mok. "It's only a matter of how much we lose...