Gun Lobby Owns Bush, Congress

The House of Representatives recently passed legislation to protect the U.S. gun industry from lawsuits. The 288-144 vote indicates bipartisan cooperation, just like the July Senate vote of 65-31. President Bush, who has said many times that the protection of the American people is Job 1 for him, is expected to sign the bill into law.The new law not only shields manufacturers but also dealers and distributors. It includes ammunition as well as guns. The law provides backward protection so that any suits in the pipeline before the law becomes effective will be thrown out. This law, along with the expiration of the assault-weapons ban, the gun-show loophole and the attorney general's ruling that records of gun purchases must be destroyed after 24 hours, provides terrorists and criminals alike a most friendly environment, probably the best in the industrialized world. The National Rifle Association and the gun lobby said when Bush was elected in 2000 that they now had a seat in the Oval Office and a president in their back pocket. It appears that ownership extends beyond to the inclusion of both houses of Congress. Our own Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd, supports Bush's position against gun control. Bush's many giveaways to big business and special interests usually only cost the average Amercian money; the new law stands to cost some Americans their lives as well.

NICK REINA

Milmay

Letter printed in AC Press, October 29, 2005

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