New TV Ad Hits Bush's Failure to Support Assault Weapons Ban in Congress

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U.S. Newswire

A new 30-second television spot produced for MoveOn PAC says President Bush will be responsible for the re-legalization in the U.S. of deadly assault weapons feared by police and favored by terrorists. The ban on these weapons ends next week.

Such weapons as the AK-47 military assault rifle will be eligible for sale and use in the U.S., able to fire about 600 rounds per minute with a range of 300 meters, once the ban on assault weapons passed by Congress and supported by four previous Presidents - Ford, Carter, Reagan and Clinton, but not George W. Bush - expires on Sept. 13.

The new ad notes that "John Kerry, a sportsman and a hunter, would keep them illegal" while "George Bush will let the Assault Weapon Ban expire."

"By claiming he supports extending the ban while allowing his Republican congressional allies to let it die without his protest, the President is cynically trying to deceive Americans who support the existing law - 77 percent of them, according to consistent poll findings. It is a dangerous and dishonest act on Bush's part, and we believe it will hurt him politically," said Eli Pariser, national director of MoveOn PAC. ..

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