Assault-Rifles Ban Was Nearly Worthless
Cleveland Scene |
October 12, 2004
Tags: NRA, National Rifle Association, a terrorism expert, assault weapons, Bureau of Alcohol, Chechens, Dr. Neil Livingstone, executive director of the national Fraternal Order of Police, Gun-control advocates, Jim Pasco, Jim Titlow's Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, Tobacco and Firearms, crime & justice
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