From:   Erich Pratt, 74741,662
TO:     Barbara Byer, 73622,1250
DATE:   8/10/96 6:02 PM

RE:     GOA: Kemp on A-W bans

                          Dole and Kemp:
         Two peas in a pod when it comes to banning guns

                     by Gun Owners of America
       8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA  22151
             (703)321-8585, http://www.gunowners.org

     (Saturday, August 10) -- Now that Bob Dole has chosen Jack
Kemp for his running mate, gun owners will naturally wonder if
Kemp is any better than Dole on the gun issue.  The following
may help gun owners decide.

     On Meet the Press (3/7/93), Kemp said, "I believe in the
constitutional right to own guns.  But you don't need . . .
assault weapons like AK47 submachine guns or Uzis to be a hunter
or a legitimate sportsman.  Ban it any way you can." [Source:
Martin Schram, "Kemp Takes Gun Position," 1993 Newspaper
Enterprise Association, 7 April 1993.]

     After this infamous interview, Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
had this to say about Jack Kemp's flip-flops and his views on
banning firearms:

          "I couldn't believe that was Jack Kemp saying those
     things," mourned a puzzled middle-road Representative James
     Ramstad of Minnesota.  "He's still my man, but it made we
     wonder."

          For many other Republicans baffled by Kemp's
     performance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on March 7 [of 1993],
     he may no longer be their man.

          On one issue after another, Kemp abandoned and rejected
     positions dear to a conservative movement that had enshrined
     him. . . .

          He came out for outlawing assault weapons.  [Source:
     Evans and Novak, printed in the San Francisco Chronicle
     (3/16/93).]

     Neal Knox, first Vice-President of the NRA, also points out
that Kemp's record has not been perfect, even when in Congress.
In 1985, Kemp voted for the "Biaggi-Thurmond-Metzenbaum bill
prohibiting armor-piercing (solid hard metal) bullets and
ammunition."  Kemp's vote, says Knox, was "opposed by all pro-gun
organizations except NRA."  [Source: The Firearms Coalition,
Congressional Box Score, 1985-88.]

     Kemp's views on banning semi-automatics should be a
"complement" to Bob Dole.  The Washington Times reported on July
12, 1996 that, "Mr. Dole yesterday changed his position again and
vowed -- as Mr. Clinton already has -- to veto any attempt to
repeal the [gun] ban. . . . Mr. Dole went even further, saying he
would lobby fellow Republicans to abandon efforts to repeal the
ban on assault-style firearms."

     And while Senator, Bob Dole specifically blocked efforts to
repeal the gun ban.  In May of 1995, Sen. Dole asked for a
"unanimous consent" agreement that kept the gun ban repeal from
being voted on.  Dole said, "I further ask unanimous consent that
no assault weapons amendments be in order to the terrorism bill
. . . " (Congressional Record, 5/26/95, p. S 7610).

     For more information on Bob Dole's gun control record, visit
the GOA website at http://www.gunowners.org.