Here why CLARK SUCKS!!!!
Clark wary of concealed guns
11:21 PM 1/19/04
Scott Milfred State government reporter
Though he owns a lot of guns, loves to hunt and spent 38 years in the military, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark is generally opposed to letting citizens carry concealed handguns. <
"I don't feel right about concealed weapons," Clark told the Wisconsin State Journal during a brief telephone call from New Hampshire on Friday, where he was campaigning for that state's Jan. 27 primary. <
"It's OK if you're a detective on the police force," Clark continued. "But I don't see a requirement for ordinary citizens to carry concealed weapons." <
The Republican-run Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday will try to override Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of SB214, a measure that would allow state residents 21 and older with clean records to carry hidden guns in most places. <
Clark, a retired four-star general from Arkansas, said he didn't know details of the Wisconsin bill or Wisconsin's 130-year history of banning concealed weapons. Most states, to varying degrees, allow residents to carry hidden weapons. Wisconsin is one of a handful that does not. <
But, "I don't see a need for concealed weapons for people in America," Clark said. "We don't live in that kind of country, and we shouldn't want to." <
Clark would respect, however, the right of individual states to control the issue. Most of Clark's seven rivals for the Democratic nomination for president - though not Ohio U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich - seem to agree on that point. <
Kucinich is against concealed weapons and doesn't think the states should control the issue, said Ann Seidl, a campaign spokeswoman in Wisconsin. <
"Concealed-carry weapons add to instability in communities," Seidl said, noting that many law enforcement officials agree. <
The issue could affect the general election because President Bush signed legislation allowing concealed guns in Texas when he was governor. <
U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina thinks states should continue to control the issue and "do what's best for them," said John Kraus, a Wisconsin spokesman for Edwards' presidential campaign. <
Edwards supports existing federal law requiring background checks on most gun purchasers, Kraus added. Edwards wants to require checks at gun shows, as well, and ban semi-automatic weapons, Kraus said. <
U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, a hunter and Vietnam veteran, "would not support any kind of federal concealed-carry legislation and would oppose federal law that would impose a right-to-carry standard on any individual state," said David DiMartino, a spokesman in Washington, D.C. <
Kerry has criticized rival presidential candidate and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean for Dean's ties to gun groups. The National Rifle Association has endorsed Dean in the past. Vermont has no prohibition on carrying concealed weapons, although Dean signed a bill banning firearms on school grounds. <
The campaigns of Dean, Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and the Rev. Al Sharpton did not quickly respond Monday to requests for comment. <
If the Wisconsin Senate musters the required two-thirds vote to override Doyle's veto, the measure would then go to the Assembly for a similar vote. <
Think I made it up. here's the link:
http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/65597.php