Reply #11: Are you suggesting...

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That the article is total fabrication and none of the quotes are accurate?

Here's another... http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-08-07-pilots-_x.htm

I suppose someone else you oppose is pulling the strings at USA Toady?
Ted Nugent, perhaps?


Gun-control debate gets muzzled

On the same day last month, five factory workers in Mississippi
were shot and killed by a co-worker and five people in a
family in Bakersfield, Calif., were killed by gunfire.

Not too long ago, dramatic slayings such as these would
have created a new chapter in the national debate over gun
control. There would have been angry speeches in
Congress and new proposals to crack down on firearms.

But today, there is mostly silence. Democrats, who believe that their calls for gun controls might have cost them the White House in 2000, are less willing to take on the gun lobby. Polls suggest that public
fears about terrorism have helped mute the debate.

Meanwhile, the gun industry is racking up legislative wins.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, says there are
not enough votes in the House to renew Congress' 1994 ban
on certain assault weapons when it expires next year.

And now, gun rights supporters are closing in on what
probably would be their most enduring victory.

The Senate is close to passing a bill that would shield
firearms manufacturers and dealers from civil lawsuits
brought by victims of gun crimes. The measure, which the
House passed 285-140 as 63 Democrats voted with the
GOP majority, is an effort to shield the gun industry from the
type of lawsuits that have been successful against tobacco
and asbestos companies.

The popularity of the bill — it has 54 co-sponsors in the
Senate, including several top Democrats — underscores the
changed political dynamics of gun control. Senate Minority
Whip Harry Reid, D-Nev., has signed on, and Senate Minority
Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., might do so.