Letter to the Editor: Kerry is threat to gun owners

October 20, 2004
Zanesville Times Recorder

OK, folks in the central Ohio area, here's the thing; The National Rifle Association has, as I sit here in front of the computer, just announced that it is endorsing George Bush for president.
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I agree with them. The Democratic ticket can be characterized as the "most anti-gun ticket for president of the U.S. ever to be run for the highest job in the land." John Kerry is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 1431 which, if enacted, will ban all semiauto shotguns and many semiauto rifles that accept a clip. He is very active in many other attempts to deny the use of firearms from you and I. He is an avid gun hater, not a so-called "sportsman" as he likes to call himself.

If you value your freedom, lend your wholehearted support to electing a president who believes you have the rights of a free person: George Bush.

Lawrence Sceurman
Dresden

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"That dog don't hunt," reads a brochure from the National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund. It shows a white poodle wearing a Kerry sweater.

"Clearly, he knows he needs to camouflage his past support for gun control," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam. "He knows that the gun issue can cost him the election in key battleground states - Ohio being principal among those battleground states."

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Cartoon courtesy of Jeff Riffle