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Extra! Senate Votes to Protect Gunmakers

The Senate voted today to shield firearms manufacturers, dealers and importers from lawsuits brought by victims of gun crimes, a measure opponents said had been ordered up by the gun lobby. The 65-31 vote passed a bill that supporters said protects the industry from financial disaster and bankruptcy caused by damage lawsuits/Associated Press.

DFO: I'm not a hard-core, pro-gunner, but I do believe that people that pull triggers kill people, not the gun alone.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.