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Kerry and Bush Answer Questions on IT Industry
An anonymous reader writes "The questions were submitted by CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) and each candidate's response follows. Read the responses at comptia.org."
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Show that Bush has more depth on the subjects (yes, it may be just better coaching), while Kerry again and again says (in essence) " I can do a better job than him if I'm elected."
HexaByte - he's a square and a half!
Besides, all of his record between 1970 and 2004 are irrelevant to this election - he served in Vietnam!
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right.
Senator John Kerry (a Massachusetts resident) illegally accepted the gift of a shotgun (of the type he wants to ban as an "assault weapon") from a resident of West Virginia on 6 September 2004!
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Under the federal statutes 18 USC 922 (a)3 it is a felony for Kerry to have accepted this gift. Under 18 USC 922 (a) 5 it is illegal for the West Virginia resident to have given it to him. Details of the offenses are listed below taken from BATF's June 2000 report Following the Gun: Enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers.
Kerry voted for these gun control laws, so he should be expected to obey them. If he thinks they should not apply to him, then introduce a bill to repeal them for everyone!
Citations for the ban on the Remington 1100 as an "assault weapon" follow the trafficking section.
Illegal for unlicensed individual to receive gun from resident of another state, or to give to resident of another state
http://www.atf.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/pdf
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FOLLOWING THE GUN: ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS AGAINST FIREARMS TRAFFICKERS, page 47
APPENDIX A
Statutes Relating to Firearms Trafficking
Title 18, Section
Makes it illegal for
To
Mental Element(s)
Penalty, up to; Section
922(a)(3)
Nonlicensee
Transport or receive firearm obtained in another state into his state of residence
Willfulness; not required to know he was breaking a specific law, but must have had bad purpose or motive
5 years; § 924(a)(1)(D)922(a)(5)
Nonlicensee
Deliver firearm to unlicensed person whose residence is in a state different from transferor’s
Willfulness; plus knowing or having reasonable cause to believe transferee resided in another state
5 years; § 924(a)(1)(D)
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms June 2000
END QUOTE
[Note- several other unrelated offenses have been deleted from the table]
KERRY WANTS TO BAN The Remington 1100 shotgun as an "assault weapon" in S. 1421 which he cosponsored on November 21, 2003
Senator Lautenberg introduced S. 1421 on July 17, 2003 " A bill to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes"
Text is available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1431
John Kerry signed as a cosponsor on November 21, 2003 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN01
The bill states (in part):
"Section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(30) The term `semiautomatic assault weapon' means any of the following:
[(A) through (G) deal with various rifles and pistols]
(H) A semiautomatic shotgun that has--
(i) a folding or telescoping stock;
(ii) a pistol grip;
(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine; or
(iv) a fixed magazine capacity of more than 5 rounds."
Definitions:
"(42) PISTOL GRIP- The term `pistol grip' means a grip, a thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip."
Above from the text of S.1421 at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1431
NOT ONLY DOES KERRY ILLEGALLY ACCEPT A GUN,
IT IS ONE HE WANTS TO BAN!