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...Vietnam veteran and campaign finance reformer straight from the McCain mold. On a Bush ticket, he would likely appeal to many of the same voters that McCain was able to bring into the political arena. California Sen. Diane Feinstein has also had a distinguished legislative career and supports gun control, abortion rights and health care initiatives. Either would be solid additions to the respective campaigns, but neither carries the overwhelming appeal of Powell and Mitchell...
...institution of groundbreaking firearms measures in Maryland and Massachusetts shows that America's gun control lobby is quickly finding itself better served by seeking regulation through the states rather than Congress. In Maryland, the state's legislature approved Gov. Parris Glendenning's bill requiring all new guns sold in the state to have built-in trigger locks. And in a more controversial measure - with larger national ramifications - Massachusetts attorney general Thomas Reilly implemented a three-year-old set of regulations that puts guns under the purview of the state's consumer-products regulatory body. That move follows three years...
...measures reflect growing consensus in the gun control lobby that the movement's efforts should be geared toward states rather than the federal government, for both strategic and legal reasons. "The general feeling of people who want control of guns has been to attack it as a national problem," says TIME legal analyst Alain Sanders, who notes that states with larger urban and suburban populations are generally in favor of tighter gun regulation. "Seeing as how Congress is not going to do anything, gun control advocates believe they'll have a better chance at the state level. At the same...
...Gun control proponents hope that Reilly's edict will be quickly mirrored by the 34 states with similar regulations, a situation that could force Congress and the gun manufacturers to the bargaining table. If gun makers find that they are tailoring their products to fit 35 different sets of regulations, they may seek federal redress. In turn, the feds will probably ask for some concessions in making guns safer to own and operate...
After Smith & Wesson confirmed the problem, it offered Perry $1,400 if he would sign a nondisclosure agreement; Perry also wanted a safety notification sent to gun owners. When the company upped the offer to "nearly $30,000," said Perry, he agreed and quit talking, except to acknowledge that he got an "appreciation fee." James Gannalo, a police ballistics expert, found the same problem when he tested several Smith & Wesson models for TIME. "It's a threat," he said, "because hand tension could cause the gun to fire when [the handler] believed it was safe." Smith & Wesson declined comment...