Reply #79: Ask Bob Novak, dems.... [View All]

[MrBenchley]

"A training camp linked to Islamic militants has been operating in Alabama, and European law enforcement officials believe Muslim extremists were using it to prepare for a holy war.
Bullet-riddled police cars and a school bus with mannequin targets are scattered around the property. Inside a huge shed is an equally macabre scene — shot-up mannequins, male and female, in domestic settings, some with red, blood-like stains on them.
Marion Police Chief Tony Buford said he became suspicious of the use of police cars and buses as targets."

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/WNT_alabama_camp020725.html

"Around lay the human trappings of an al-Qaida gun post: empty packets of milk, cans of tomato paste, boxes of chicken stock, sheets of pink toilet paper, dozens of radio batteries and the plastic wrapping for a pair of Chinese-made socks.
One of the huts had once been a training room with concrete dumbbells, an old pair of boxing gloves and metal weights. On the floor lay a discarded paper target, printed by America's vociferous gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, replete with bullet holes and names and scores scribbled in Arabic. "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,617396,00.html

"The National Rifle Association reportedly is beginning to rally the troops in an effort to convince Congress to overturn the Brady law, a 1993 piece of legislation requiring background checks for potential gun buyers.
In a potentially disastrous step in the wrong direction, the House passed legislation before its holiday recess that would require the FBI to destroy gun buyer records within 24 hours of the sale of a weapon, wiping out a database that police use to solve gun crimes and track gun sales. Such records are now kept for 90 days."

http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/articles/2004/01/08/news/opinion/editorial01.txt