Posted on 02/24/2004 12:53:52 PM PST by ApplegateRanch
On Monday, after days of insisting through a spokesman that he was undecided, Mr. Daschle issued a statement saying that he would support both the ban and the background checks at gun shows.
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Tommie the Commie was having some problem with the gold bathroom fixtures in the guest house out near the pool of his multi-million dollar palace that he is building near DC. My bet is the his wife, the Bag Lady, spoke with the special interests supporting ban and checks and reached an "accomodation" so Tommie could afford the plumbing. I surely would like to take a look at their tax returns! But, that is why he refused to run for president, so he wouldn't have to make public ALL his sources of income.
What ban? A ban on suing gun manufacturers or an expansion of the "assault weapon" ban? Insufficient info here.
The ban on so called assault weapons.
In context from the article:
But some of Mr. Daschle's fellow Democrats, including Mrs. Feinstein, have been pressing him to support extending the assault weapons ban and closing the gun-show loophole. On Monday, after days of insisting through a spokesman that he was undecided, Mr. Daschle issued a statement saying that he would support both the ban and the background checks at gun shows.
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