With the Washington-area sniper putting gun control at the top of the agenda, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend`s relentless attacks on U.S. Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.`s NRA-friendly record were starting to get some traction in the Washington suburbs. But this week, Ehrlich (R) pounced on the revelation that the state failed for at least three months to provide background check information to the FBI, allowing hundreds of rifle and shotgun purchases to go unchecked and possibly into the hands of criminals.
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