Posted on 09/26/2004 6:50:07 PM PDT by bear11
Despite pushing for bans against so-called assault weapons, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry now admits he owns a "Communist Chinese assault rifle.''
''My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam,'' Kerry told Outdoor Life magazine for its October issue. ''I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle.''
When asked by the New York Times for more information about the weapon, Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said Kerry was a registered gun owner in Massachusetts.
Meehan said Thursday he was unable to ask the senator about the rifle because of Kerry's hoarse voice, and the Times reports he did not respond to further inquiries.
Kerry is a hunter who voiced support for the recently expired assault-weapons ban, and often tells citizens he's never met anyone who wanted to use an AK-47 to shoot a deer.
Andrew Arulanandam, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, told the Times the comment in Outdoor Life made Kerry's support of the ban disingenuous.
''It's OK for John Kerry to own these kinds of firearms, but it's not OK for John Q. Public?'' Arulanandam said, adding Kerry could be subject to court-martial if the gun were brought home from the war as a souvenir. ''He certainly owes people an explanation as to why there's a double standard.''
The gun is actually an inoperable single bolt rifle, not an assault weapon, said spokesman David Wade. "The Kerry campaign should have described it as an old military rifle," he said.
So...Kerry's favorite gun is an inoperable one?
I don't believe him either way. As I mentioned above, he could have an illegal Chinese AK and goofed when he mentioned it, and his staff is covering for him.
Or, he did have the inoperable bolt action and he lied when he said it was a war trophy assault rifle.
Either way, he is a serial liar worse than Clinton (with Clinton sometimes it took a month to find out he lied, he was that good at it).
Worse, or just plain arrogant. Note that Clinton was arrogant and found he could get away with the lies. Now, it's even worse--the MSM don't even investigate even known problems with his record (military, Senate, etc.)
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