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...clearly illogical and false to portray Gore as the savior of American gun control. Under the Clinton-Gore Administration, federal gun prosecutions have dropped by 46 percent, and there have been only eight prosecutions out of over 200,000 direct violations of the Brady Law (which requires an instant background check of anyone attempting to purchase a firearm). Prosecutors have simply not had the necessary resources to aggressively enforce our gun laws...
Unfortunately, Governor Bush is too often identified with this extremist wing of the NRA, and therefore many Americans view him as a reactionary who wants unlimited access to weapons for all individuals. In reality, Bush supports an expansion of the instant check system which is tied in to the Brady Bill, a juvenile assault weapons ban, child safety locks for all handguns and a ban on importation of high-capacity ammunition clips. While some people inexplicably believe that Bush's plans have not accounted for children's safety (especially in light of the recent school shootings), they should note that...
...remember Lola," she said, "who ran the deli down the street." In the instant my mom paused before continuing, my heart hit rock bottom...
...What about chicken? We could put Gore at the wheel of a 1972 Volvo station wagon and Bush in a 1974 Camaro, and point them toward one another at 130 mph down a long straightaway of the interstate in Miami-Dade. The guy who veers off at the last instant loses the election. It would save a fortune in lawyers' fees...
...choice? Don't make me laugh. This was a contest between corporate and corporate, self-righteous and self-righteous, military and military, executioner and executioner. Neither of these pandering career politicos offered our planet and our country the radical changes needed to save them. An instant-runoff voting system should be implemented by 2004 so that presidential candidates presenting a diversity of opinions can have a shot at winning. MIKE FLYNN Burlington...