Doug Kanter wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against
banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors.
Plastic weapons? Did he really say that? I can't believe that nonsense
is
still floating around. At least with current technology, a gun still
needs
metal to surround the round in the chamber, even if the rest of the
thing is
made of a composite material. Was Edwards referring to plastic eating
utensils? :-)
The point was the Cheney voted against banning such weapons, not that
they exist.
jps
OK, but it should be embarrassing to even mention the existence of such
things. Even the anti-gun lobby doesn't talk about it any more. :-)
It's quite possible to make a handgun out of plastic, and carry a pen
whose barrel also serves as the chamber liner.
--
"...vice president (Cheney), I'm surprised to hear him talk about
records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he
was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against
banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors. He voted
against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for
Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin
Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of
Nelson Mandela in South Africa. It's amazing to hear him criticize
either my record or John Kerry's."
- Senator John Edwards, 10/05/04