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To: Cogito who wrote (36383)	4/17/2007 9:39:16 PM
From: LindyBill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542043

Reid Warns Against Rush on Gun Control That's exactly what the article in "Politico" that I just posted here was talking about. Reid, et al, of the DC Liberals are not about to push gun control. They think that issue costs Gore the 2000 election. The gun control rumble will be from the media, which has already started pushing it, and from other Liberal sources.

To: Cogito who wrote (36383)	4/17/2007 9:43:22 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 542043

Well, Allen, on this one Reid speaks only for himself. Here's Jane Harmon on the same topic and we know she's not on the left wing of the Dems. --------- MY REACTION TO THE TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH harman's picture By Rep. Jane Harman \| bio Six months after the Amish school shootings in Pennsylvania and nearly eight years after Columbine, America once again mourns for the victims of another senseless mass shooting. We have all been touched by this week's tragedy at Virginia Tech. A member of my own staff is a Virginia Tech graduate, who resided in West Ambler Johnston Hall. This week, we are all Hokies. But we must ask ourselves why this keeps happening. The answer, I believe, partially lies in the near ubiquity of hand guns and other assault weapons in this country. Guns are still easy to acquire and are too often glamorized in movies, television, and popular culture. The costs of gun violence are staggering. In addition to now seemingly commonplace school shootings, guns are used in approximately 12,000 murders every year – or 71% of all homicides in America. That is why I am proud to support, again, the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act (HR 1022), which renews the assault weapons ban that Congress permitted to expire in 2004. The bill would ban the production, possession, or transfer of certain kinds of assault weapons and ammunition clips—some of the deadliest weapons currently available. The ban is not a panacea. It may not have even prevented the tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech this week. But it is a crucial step that Congress must take again. tpmcafe.com