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Today I'm firing my gun for the first time, and it feels good. I'm on the target range of the Saratoga Biathlon club near the south shore of the Sacandaga Lake in upstate New York. I'm on skis, and there is a cleverly designed harness on my Russian-made .22-caliber rifle that allows me to carry it on my back as I wend through the woods between shooting stops. The air is cold and it is difficult to hold the rifle still with my heart pounding, but I actually hit a few targets and finish...
...party when she said last week that if Ashcroft is confirmed, "there are solid reasons to expect that the people of this country will not be protected and served as they exercise their civil rights, human rights, their right to choose, their right to be free of gun violence and their right to a clean environment." More than 200 organizations have joined forces to form "Stop Ashcroft," a campaign to "educate the American public, the media and the United States Senate about Senator Ashcroft's relevant public record." They're hoping, organizers say, to characterize Ashcroft's ideology...
...Gun control During his Senate career, Ashcroft opposed nearly every gun control measure introduced by his colleagues, including a ban on assault rifles, according to Handgun Control, a gun control group based in Washington. His opponents note that Ashcroft was given an "A" rating by the National Rifle Association and received nearly half a million dollars in campaign funds from the NRA and other gun groups during his reelection bid last fall - and they worry those debts could affect his enforcement and adoption of existing and pending gun laws...
Nearly three years ago, as Sen. John Ashcroft was considering a run for the presidency, he composed a hand-written thank-you note to a man many politicians would run from. Neatly inscribed on Ashcroft's Senate stationery, the letter went to Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, a firearms lobbying group considered extremist even by many conservatives...
...objected, among other things, to a provision that would impose stiff penalties for gun violations under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). In his letter to Pratt, Ashcroft seemed to agree, saying, "I am working to see that the RICO provisions are stripped from the bill... ." A version of the measure passed both houses but died in a House-Senate conference...