Saturday, December 16, 2006

Cornett Says It's News To Him


Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says the suggestion he discussed gun control issues with Brady Campaign Chairman Paul Helmke recently is incorrect. Cornett's comments came Friday night on "Cam & Company," the National Rifle Association's Internet/Sirius Satellite Radio show broadcast 8-11 p.m. CST weeknights.

Host Cam Edwards, former host of Oklahoma City radio station KTOK's morning show, asked Cornett if the implication, by Helmke in a report he wrote on his activities, that he and other mayors had discussed gun control issues recently in Dearborn, Michigan, was accurate.

Cornett said he was with Helmke and other mayors in Dearborn earlier this month, but no issues were discussed while he was present. He reiterated his support for the NRA and the 2nd Amendment. Earlier this year, Cornett was the first big city mayor to sign the NRA's pledge that he would never order the confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens as occurred in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Cornett was in Dearborn for the funeral of Mayor Michael Guido, who died suddenly.

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