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To: willcousa who wrote (208353)	12/10/2001 10:04:37 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Do the NRA have Ashcroft in their pocket? Kinda looks like it.

To: willcousa who wrote (208353)	12/10/2001 10:46:51 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The law that allowed this data to be collected was very specific about the use of the collected data and made crystal clear what the data could not be used for. The law is very clear. I am not puzzled at all by the fact that the AG is obeying the law. I would have been disturbed if the AG had ignored the law. Then I would have to wonder at what other laws might be ignored. As a practical matter I doubt that much if any useful information would be found anyway. Box cutters are not tracked. I buy them 3 for a dollar at the dollar store. tom watson tosiwmee

To: willcousa who wrote (208353)	12/10/2001 11:54:33 AM
From: Kenneth V. McNutt	Respond to of 769670

<<I am totally puzzled by the AG's stance on gun records.>> Will... There is no reason to puzzle. The law pertaining to the records, as written and passed by Congress states, for reasons of privacy, the names on the list cannot be released. Ashcroft pointed this out to the committee(some of them pretended not to know or were ignorant of what they had passed) and invited the congress to change the law so he could comply. As he pointed out to the committee he has sworn to uphold the laws of the land and was doing so. Hope this helps as, at first, I had similar thoughts, as did you, until I watched/listened to the Senate Judicial hearing. Ken