Candidates for Maryland's governor debate gun law
Less than a week before Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend faces Republican opponent Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in a neck-and-neck race for Maryland's governor seat, the candidates are speaking out about a proposed law that would strengthen restrictions on gun sales.
Townsend said she would like to expand the authority of Maryland's Handgun Roster Board, which currently is able to restrict only handguns because of a loophole in the state's law.
Townsend's recommendation would allow the board to ban the sale of assault weapons as well, including the Bushmaster semiautomatic that authorities believe the two snipers used to conduct their October attacks.
Ehrlich said he is willing to support a system of monitoring gun sales if it proves effective. He drew criticism and suffered in the polls earlier in the campaign for questioning the effectiveness of the board.
Two Warners make last push for sales tax vote
Both Gov. Mark R. Warner and Sen. John W. Warner teamed up yesterday in Northern Virginia to promote the sales tax referendum, which will raise $5 billion for transportation over the next two decades if it passes.
The two politicians, who are of different political parties, taped a television ad yesterday morning on a bridge overlooking I-66, which was congested with morning traffic at the time.
The referendum proposes that sales tax in Northern Virginia be raised from 4.5 percent to 5 percent in order to generate funds to alleviate the widespread traffic problems in the area.
The Warners, who ran against each other for John Warner's Senate seat in 1996, have teamed up on several occasions to promote the referendum.
-- Compiled by Chris Wilson
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