Gun Policy News
Gun-Control Advocates Try to Take Lead Against Nominee
10 January 2001
Miami Herald
WASHINGTON — The gun-control movement, generally ignored during last year's presidential campaign, is trying to take a leading role in attacking President-elect George W. Bush's choice of John Ashcroft to be attorney general.
Scores of mostly liberal activist groups converged Tuesday to step up resistance to his confirmation. Women's groups and civil rights leaders have been at the forefront of the opposition, but gun-control advocates are becoming more vocal, citing... (GunPolicy.org)