Gun Control Losers

> Letters to the Editor
>
> WASHINGTON TIMES
>
> June 3, 2003
>
> Gun Control Losers
>
> In “Democrats shunning gun control” (Nation, Saturday), Blaine
> Rummel, spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, stated, “There
> isn’t a shred of evidence that says gun control is a political loser. It
> hasn’t cost a candidate a political race anywhere.” This absurd and
> ludicrous statement is demonstrably false.
>
> Not a “shred of evidence”? Gun control “hasn’t cost a candidate a
> political race anywhere”? Perhaps Mr. Rummel should talk to the
> following political losers in the 2002 elections alone where there was a
> difference on gun control between opposing candidates in the most
> competitive congressional races:
>
> General election, Senate
> . Tom Strickland (Colo.)
> . Sen. Max Cleland (Ga.)
> . Alan Blinken (Idaho)
> . Lois Weinberg (Ky.)
> . Chellie Pingree (Maine)
> . Walter Mondale (Minn.)
> . Sen. Jean Carnahan (Mo.)
> . Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
> . Erskine Bowles (N.C.)
> . David Walters (Okla.)
> . Bill Bradbury (Ore.)
> . Alex Sanders (S.C.)
> . Ron Kirk (Texas)
> General election, House
> . Joe Turnham (Ala.)
> . George Cordova (Ariz.)
> . Stan Matsunaka (Colo.)
> . Mike Feeley (Colo.)
> . Joe Courtney (Conn.)
> . Wayne Hogan (Fla.)
> . Harry Jacobs (Fla.)
> . Roger Kahn (Ga.)
> . Champ Walker (Ga.)
> . Jill Long-Thompson (Ind.)
> . Ann Hutchinson (Iowa)
> . John Norris (Iowa)
> . Jack Conway (Ky.)
> . David Fink (Mich.)
> . Carl Marlinga (Mich.)
> . Kevin Kelly (Mich.)
> . Rep. Bill Luther (Minn.)
> . Martha Fuller Clark (N.H.)
> . Anne Sumers (N.J.)
> . Richard Romero (N.M.)
> . Chris Kouri (N.C.)
> . Rick Carne (Ohio)
> . Darryl Roberts (Okla.)
> . Dan Wofford (Pa.)
> . Ed O’Brien (Pa.)
> . Jack Machek (Pa.)
> . Henry Cuellar (Texas)
> . Dave Thomas (Utah)
> Primary election
> . Paul Helmke (Ind.)
> . Susan Longley (Maine)
> . Rep. Lynn Rivers (Mich.)
> . Ruben Smith (N.M.)
> . Rep. Tom Sawyer (Ohio)
> . Mike Mass (Okla.)
> . Fran Marcum (Tenn.)
> . Kevin Garn (Utah)
> . Margaret Workman (W.Va.)
>
> Those who do not study history are often destined to become part of
it.
>
> CHARLES H. CUNNINGHAM
> Director of federal affairs
> National Rifle Association