Thursday, September 11, 2008

Sarah Palin draws Mayor Menino’s fire

Sarah Palin draws Mayor Menino’s fire
Dave Wedge
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter

Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday took aim at GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s highly touted National Rifle Association membership, saying it flies in the face of efforts to target urban violence.

Menino said the NRA has blocked attempts by big-city mayors to beef up gun laws. “As a member of the NRA, her position is, ‘The laws are great,’ ” the mayor said. “There’s something wrong with that. We have kids being killed in the streets every day.”

A spokesman for the McCain-Palin campaign responded: “Having raised the point, it’s true that while Barack Obama has said he’d back efforts to ban even law-abiding citizens from possessing guns, John McCain believes the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.”

Menino, joining other Bay State Democrats at a Boston fund-raiser for Barack Obama’s running mate Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Delaware), predicted the Alaska governor’s star power will fade.

“She’s different, she’s new to the scene, but that will wear off,” the mayor said. “And then it will get down to the issues.”

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Sarah Palin draws Mayor Menino’s fire

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