John J. Cahill
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July 27, 2005
As this editorial goes to the editor this breaking news arrived: On Monday, the Lawful Commerce in Arms Act acquired a 60th Senate co-sponsor - Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat. It easily passed the first hurdle on passage, being brought to the floor for debate on a 66-32 vote.
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July 23, 2005
I like to remind my Republican friends that the roots of the Brady Campaign are Republican to the core. I do it just to get them backpedaling after some dig about Democrats hating guns. I may also remind them that the original 1993 Assault Weapon Ban amendment could not have passed without Republi...
July 10, 2005
“ … we still refuse … to reevaluate our policy … But with more than one billion Muslims in the world, we cannot continue to ignore addressing the underlying reasons why so many of them have a growing hatred of the United States.”
“…we may be killing terrorists abroad and Americans may be better ...
May 30, 2005
There is no group organized as Gun Owners Against Violence. At least no group with that name was found in a web search. There is an obvious reason. At least a reason obvious to gun owners. No such group is needed because all gun owners are against violence. Gun Owners Against Violence would be ...
May 17, 2005
If you remain a little amazed at the box sitting before you right now you are probably old enough to remember when boys might yearn to become a policeman or fireman, and girls might hope to be a nurse or teacher. That was some time back and many things have changed, some for the better. Those jobs...
May 14, 2005
The National Rifle Association does not support the “nuclear option”. I won’t name the direct source inside the NRA who sent me that statement. I didn’t make contact as a reporter, so naming a source would be inappropriate. But it’s a fact and some web research will confirm this information. The...
April 22, 2005
Following the November 2004 elections Democrats in the West celebrated state and local victories. There were gains by Democrats in Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada. Montana voters gave President Bush 62% of their presidential vote, elected a Democratic Governor, and put a Democratic majority in th...
April 18, 2005
President George Bush twice mentioned the evils of tyranny in his January 20th 2005 State of the Union address. In a 26 January 26th press conference the President said further that “There's a notion in some parts of that world that, you know, certain people can't self-govern … and that condemns peo...