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Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004 1:32 p.m. EDT
NRA Fires Up Anti-Kerry Ads

John Kerry is a hunter and a gun-owner, and can be seen in many file photos sport-shooting and hunting, but that isn't stopping the NRA from using new advertisements to point out his record on gun control.


The LA Times reports that the "The latest ad shows an NRA lobbyist ... walking through a field with a shotgun slung over his shoulder" contending that "Kerry's not a hunter."

"Remember, John Kerry's not a hunter," Chris W. Cox says in the ad. "He just plays one on TV."


In an interview with the Times, Cox said the NRA would ante up $20 million in an effort to get voters to the polls for the Nov. 2 election.


Another recent NRA ad airing in Florida, reports the Times, "accused Kerry of wanting to shut down gun shows."


By way of response, the Kerry camp said: "The Bush attack machine is in overdrive. John Kerry is a lifelong hunter, and he'll never do a thing to impinge on sportsmen's rights."


Spokesman Chad Clanton added: "If we keep with Bush's anti-jobs, pro-outsourcing agenda, we're all going to need a shotgun and a fishing pole just to put food on the table."


Even though the gun rights group is critical of Kerry, don't let that fool you: The NRA has withheld endorsement of President Bush this year, even though the president and the GOP-controlled Congress allowed the so-called "assault weapons" ban, as well as the ineffective Washington D.C. handgun ban, to expire.


The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that some sportsmen are upset with President Bush because they say he has allowed loggers to muddy fishing streams and, according to critics, "removed Clean Water Act protections from waterfowl-supporting wetlands."


"I still see the vast majority of sportsmen, the true 'hook and bullet' types, as conservative and think they will vote Republican," said Melody Zullinger, director of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs.


A Republican herself, she added, "But we're also getting more members in the middle who realize that if we don't have a clean environment we won't have the places where we can pursue our sports."


Despite that, most of these voters say they won't be able to stomach a Kerry administration.


Jeff Mulhollem, president of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association, summed up the feelings of many sportsmen: "Most sportsmen are conservationists so they have a dilemma. Bush's environmental record is widely seen as dismal and Kerry is seen as anti-gun rights."


"My gut tells me that most serious sportsmen are going to hold their noses and vote for Bush because the gun issue overrides everything."


Kerry's voting record – often overlooked in the 2004 campaign – speaks for itself.


In 1999, Kerry supported requiring background checks at gun shows, he supported extending the recently expired "assault weapons" ban, and he opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits.


He also has voted with the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 100 percent of the time and has cast many other anti-gun votes – (you can read about them all by clicking here).
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/27/131943.shtml


The NRA would never sit idly by and not illuminate Americans regarding a record like that.