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"With little fanfare, the Bush administration is undoing or ignoring gun-control measures that were pursued aggressively by the Clinton administration," USA Today reports.

"And to the delight of gun-rights activists, the Democratic opposition in Congress hasn't responded with the expressions of outrage and demands for redress that have met President Bush's actions on such issues as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and environmental protection," reporter Susan Page writes.

"The politics of guns are changing.

"Some Democratic leaders and key strategists are worried that a perception of Democrats as anti-gun is costing the party's candidates dearly among white men, rural residents and Southern voters. More than any other issues, some analysts say, unease about gun control helped defeat presidential candidate Al Gore in several traditionally Democratic Southern and border states -- any of which would have been enough to put him in the White House."

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001

Answers

Certainly the main reason I could not vote for Gore, at least in light of his pronouncements of treating the Constitution as a "living" document.

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001

I just don't trust any of them, Rep or Dem. Who would argue that the ultimate goal of the power elite is to disarm us all?

Can't have all these gun-crazed, religious, Christian anarchists runnin' 'round loose, now can we? They're such a bummer. And don't forget that they ALL hang out in militia-minded, E Vil internet "chat rooms".

Dan V.

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001