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Albany Times-Union Groveling on Guns  July 8, 2007  Here's a
litmus test for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Stand up for the police, and the safety of
the American public, by taking a stand against the gun lobby
The National Rifle Association is no trifle, to be sure. It has
proven its might on Capitol Hill time and again, as both
Republicans and Democrats have done its bidding. But what
happened recently in the Senate Appropriations Committee was far
more than just bowing to the NRA's clout. It was tantamount to a
betrayal of the public and the police.  At issue was the Tiahrt
amendment. Passed in 2003, it denies police departments and
local governments access to gun tracing information compiled by
the federal government. The purpose is to do the gun lobby's
bidding by preventing local officials from using the federal
data to track the movement of guns used to