| A Glorious Sunset |
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| Written by Jeff Garvas | |
| Sunday, 18 July 2004 | |
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With the September 13 expiration of the Clinton gun ban fast approaching, anti-gun activists across the nation are making a renewed push to re-enact this ineffective legislation. Congress will be in session for only 14 more work days before the sunset date arrives, and because time is short, the anti-gunners are redoubling their efforts to extend the ban. Consider these examples in Ohio: 
The Truth is Out There: Not matter how hard they try to erase ten years of evidence, the proof that this law belongs on the scrap-heap of history is plain to see. Just last week in Columbus, the failure of this law to deter criminals was displayed for all to see, as a man fired an AK-47 assault rifle from a 1988 Jeep Cherokee wagon as he sped through a residential neighborhood. In 2003, when concealed carry was illegal in our state, Biswanath Halder concealed a gun banned by this law into Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University and began shooting. School shootings at Columbine, Paducah; workplace shootings in Cincy, Cleveland elsewhere; snipers in D.C. and Columbus - all happened while the Clinton gun ban was in full effect, supposedly "protecting" the nation by disallowing law-abiding citizens the ability to purchase certain cosmetically-incorrect semi-automatic firearms. Need more proof that September 13, 2004 will offer a truly glorious sunset? Consider the following: |