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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: ColtonGang who wrote (164279)7/25/2001 8:54:39 AM
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Bush cuts wasteful spending:

HUD Ends Gun Buybacks
CNSNews.com
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
The Bush administration says the Department of Housing and Urban Development should not be in the business of buying the guns that people surrender for cash.
Administration officials Monday announced the end of the Clinton-era program that used federal tax dollars to buy back some 20,000 weapons in 80 cities in its first year (the numbers are HUD estimates).

Former HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, who started the federal gun buyback program, is quoted as saying, "It's sad, but not surprising, to see George Bush and the Republicans turning their party into a wholly owned subsidiary of the gun lobby."

But a HUD spokesman said gun purchases are not within HUD's "core mission." She said the agency would focus instead on affordable housing.

HUD says there's no proof the gun buyback program was taking guns out of criminals' hands, anyway.
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