Bob Kelleher on Gun Control

Republican challenger

Ban handguns, but no restrictions on rifles and shotguns

Kelleher said he would ban handguns but favored no restrictions for Americans' ownership of rifles and shotguns. Source: Charles S. Johnson in Billings Gazette May 22, 2008

Fight for an effective hand gun control law

Kelleher cited the Augusta mother who a few weeks earlier with a .38 hand gun shot and killed her 10 year old daughter as she slept in the safety of her own beds. Bob said: "Max, Mike and Stan--I call up upon you before the people of Central Montana to covenant with me that whoever is elected will fight for an effective hand gun control law"--silence. The eyes of over 400 people in the Great Falls civic center darted back and forth looking at the candidates to Bob's left and right--still silence. Source: Press release, "THIRD DEBATE: HAND GUNS" Sep 23, 2002

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