Attorney General John Ashcroft has come under fire for what Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant calls "coddling" gun owners. Oliphant`s attack was the latest round in the concerted assault on Ashcroft`s Second Amendment positions, which started this spring when Ashcroft announced his view (since supported by the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision in United States v. Emerson) that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms.
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