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Gun Owners group takes aim at Sen. Trent Lott
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Gun owners group takes aim at Lott
Senator accused of "treason to the pro-gun cause"
By David Espo
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott stands accused by the Gun Owners of America of "an almost unprecedented act of treason to the pro-gun cause."
His offense?
Lending his name to an fund raising Wednesday for Rep. John Sununu, who is challenging a fellow Republican, Sen. Bob Smith, for Smith's New Hampshire Senate seat.
"Over the past decade Bob Smith has been responsible for virtually every pro-gun victory in Congress," the organization said in a recent "alert" distributed in Mississippi, a copy of which The Associated Press obtained.
The group's members were urged to contact Lott, R-Miss., and "tell him to stop giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the Second Amendment."
Sununu's office says the Sununu receives "A" ratings from the National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of New Hampshire.
But he drew the ire of the Gun Owners of America when he voted for legislation after 1999 school shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado that included provisions relating to trigger locks and a requirement for instant background checks on individuals buying firearms at gun shows.
Smith worked to scuttle the bill.
Lott's office declined comment on the action by the gun owners group. But the National Rifle Association leapt to his defense.
Jim Baker, chief lobbyist for the group, said that throughout Lott's congressional career, the Republican "has always been a leader in the protection and defense of the Second Amendment."
The same is true, Baker said, of Smith - and Sununu.
Lott appeared several weeks ago at a fund-raising event for the second-term lawmaker and sent him a $5,000 campaign donation.The GOP leader also visited New Hampshire last year on Smith's behalf.
Leaders in both political parties customarily close ranks behind incumbents. But some Republicans are making a highly public exception in Smith's case, fearful of the loss of his seat this fall. http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0204/14/m08.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Senator accused of "treason to the pro-gun cause"
By David Espo
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott stands accused by the Gun Owners of America of "an almost unprecedented act of treason to the pro-gun cause."
His offense?
Lending his name to an fund raising Wednesday for Rep. John Sununu, who is challenging a fellow Republican, Sen. Bob Smith, for Smith's New Hampshire Senate seat.
"Over the past decade Bob Smith has been responsible for virtually every pro-gun victory in Congress," the organization said in a recent "alert" distributed in Mississippi, a copy of which The Associated Press obtained.
The group's members were urged to contact Lott, R-Miss., and "tell him to stop giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the Second Amendment."
Sununu's office says the Sununu receives "A" ratings from the National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of New Hampshire.
But he drew the ire of the Gun Owners of America when he voted for legislation after 1999 school shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado that included provisions relating to trigger locks and a requirement for instant background checks on individuals buying firearms at gun shows.
Smith worked to scuttle the bill.
Lott's office declined comment on the action by the gun owners group. But the National Rifle Association leapt to his defense.
Jim Baker, chief lobbyist for the group, said that throughout Lott's congressional career, the Republican "has always been a leader in the protection and defense of the Second Amendment."
The same is true, Baker said, of Smith - and Sununu.
Lott appeared several weeks ago at a fund-raising event for the second-term lawmaker and sent him a $5,000 campaign donation.The GOP leader also visited New Hampshire last year on Smith's behalf.
Leaders in both political parties customarily close ranks behind incumbents. But some Republicans are making a highly public exception in Smith's case, fearful of the loss of his seat this fall. http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0204/14/m08.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878