Reid would rather avoid issue of guns in U.S. parks

[Mugu]

Washington — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid owns 10 guns, and although he doesn’t hunt, he often takes the grandkids out for target practice when he is home in Nevada.

At a media event for the new Clark County shooting range in 2006, he brought his own shotgun — the one his dad gave him as a 12-year-old — and blew away the flying clay pigeon on the first try.

But just because the Democratic leader of the Senate is a Westerner who won backing from the National Rifle Association during his past election campaign, doesn’t mean his party has entirely put itself in the good graces of the gun lobby.

True, Democrats no longer fight on Second Amendment issues the way they once did. They have toned down the gun control arguments that cost the party dearly in 2000 and 2004, as they appeal to rural and Western voters. During the 2006 election, more Democratic candidates for Congress were endorsed by the NRA than in any other year in recent memory.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/mar/17/reid-would-rather-avoid-issue-guns-us-parks/

[Clear Blue Sky]

1. Reid is only interested in remaining Senate majority leader.

Typical politician - do as I say, not as I do. Talk the talk but can't walk the walk.

[ZaDomSpremni]

4. Why are politicians always well so political

[marmar]

2. Avoiding issues is the one thing Reid has excelled at in his all-but-worthless tenure....

:argh:

[fascisthunter]

3. Reid is a Coward

That much has already been established.