Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004 11:11 a.m. EDT
Kerry: I Love My Illegal Chinese Assault Rifle

John Kerry blasted President Bush two weeks ago for failing to push for an extension of the assault weapons ban, saying he's never met anyone who wanted to use an AK-47 to shoot a deer.

But that was before Kerry admitted in a magazine interview that he owns a Chinese assault rifle.


"My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam," Kerry tells Outdoor Life in its October issue. "I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle."
The Kerry campaign stonewalled questions on their candidate's illegal gun stash, with spokesman Michael Meehan telling the New York Times only that his boss was a registered gun owner in Massachusetts.

Meehan said that Kerry had been unable to respond to questions about his banned weapon because his voice was too hoarse. The Kerry aide refused to return follow-up calls.

"It's O.K. for John Kerry to own these kinds of firearms, but it's not O.K. for John Q. Public?" complained National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, in an interview with the Times.

"He certainly owes people an explanation as to why there's a double standard," Arulanandam added, noting that if the top Democrat brought his illegal assault rifle home from the war as a souvenir he could be subject to court-martial.

I love hearing sh!& like this.
Kerry- the typical politician, do as I say not as I do. What a lose lose situation

"The Kerry campaign said Sunday it erred when answering a questionnaire for Outdoor Life magazine and said that the Massachusetts senator counts a "Communist Chinese assault rifle" as a favorite gun.

The gun is actually an inoperable single bolt rifle, not an assault weapon, said spokesman David Wade. "The Kerry campaign should have described it as an old military rifle," he said.

The senator also owns a double-barrel 12-gauge shotgun for hunting, aides said."


Liar Liar pants on fire.

I'm surprised sKerry didn't try to weasel out of owning the gun by saying it didn't belong to him---he's family owns it.

That's the excuse the 'Environmental Champion Flip-Flopper' gave after addressing a group of auto enthusiaists in Detroit and bragging he owned several SUV's---When environmentalists later asked if he thought his SUV's were environmentally friendly---he said, "The SUV's are not mine--they belong to my family."

You've got to love a guy that will say anything to be all things to all people.

That old potential buyer warning that says, "If it sound to be good to be true it probably is" applies to would-be presidential candidates too.