Posted on 09/16/2003 6:40:04 PM PDT by ForOurFuture
They may battle soon for the right to challenge Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., but yesterday Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan were united in support of a proposed state assault weapons ban they say will make streets safer.
O'Malley and Duncan participated separately in news conferences - held hours and miles apart - to lend their voices to a Maryland effort to restrict sales of military-style semiautomatic weapons. A federal ban of the weapons is scheduled to expire in a year, making a state replacement imperative, supporters say.
For some, the back-to-back events seemed to launch the election cycle for 2006, when both Duncan and O'Malley are expected to seek higher office - possibly taking on Ehrlich.
"I would say this is the beginning of their gubernatorial campaigns," said Ehrlich spokeswoman Shareese N. DeLeaver.
Added House Speaker Michael E. Busch: "It's the beginning of two contenders. Thank God. I'm all for it."
Democrats have repeatedly tried to attack Ehrlich on his gun record, with little success. As a congressman, Ehrlich voted in 1996 to repeal the federal ban on assault weapons. Last year, during the height of the Washington-area sniper shootings, Ehrlich told reporters he would revisit the state's restrictive gun laws to determine their effectiveness.
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It's just like education, after years of throwing money at the problem it gets worse. Liberal solution, throw even more money at it.
BTW, If you want gun control use both hands!
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