-=> Quoting Dave Appel to John Perz <=-
 DA> Republicans voted for the full-auto ban in 1986.  A Republican
 DA> president, a World War II veteran himself, banned imported
 DA> military rifles in 1990.  Republicans voted for the Brady Act.
 DA> Republicans voted for the the semi-auto and magazine ban.
 DA> Republicans voted for the Terror-Bill.  Republican leaders, Newt
 DA> Gingrich and Bob Dole, BOTH blocked the repeal of the
 DA> semi-auto/magazine ban.
 DA> Gosh darn it, Republicans ARE NOT friends of the Right to Keep
 DA> and Bear Arms!
 DA> Clinton and the congressional democrats have eroded gun rights,
 DA> but have done MORE for rights-awareness and gun ownership than 12
 DA> years of Reagan-Bush.  Think of the millions of NEW gun sales and
 DA> NEW gun owners and NEW gun-rights activists that are DIRECTLY
 DA> attributable to the Brady Act and the 1994 Semi-auto and magazine
 DA> ban.  Would all those millions of SKS's and MAK-90's have been
 DA> sold if the politicians had not been telling people they should
 DA> be outlawed?  I personally know people who bought either their
 DA> first gun or additional guns just because of Brady and the 1994
 DA> Act.
Due to the Repubs actual track record since GCA '68, I think that if
someone wanted to vote anti-gun, but do it so that the least immediate
damage be done to RKBA, then they sould vote Democrat!
--- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR]
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