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Former presidents support weapons ban House proponents of a twin on 10 types of assault-style weapons dress almost even " ith opponents Wednesday. a day before the vote on the WASHINGTON tAI’l hotly contested issue And they got help from three former presidents 'We urge you to listen to the A mere an public and to the law enforcement community and sup port a ban on tin1 further manufacture of these weapons,'' former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Konald Reagan wrote to ail members of the House, The only former president who did not sign the letter was George Bush. President Clinton pushed the legislation in phono calls to House members. Joining that effort were Vice President Al Gore, Attorney General Janet Reno and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Hentson. Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N Y . the legislation's chief sponsor, predicted Thursday 's vote would go down to the wire "For those of you who go to the Kentucky Derby this weekend, the finish will l>e closer on the floor of the house tomorrow." he said By Wednesday afternoon, Schumer said propo nents wore “five down and closing." reflecting a large increase in support from Inst week when he had said lr> to 20 more votes wore needed. More converts emerged Wednesday, including two Texas Democrats and a Pennsylvania Repub lit nn who had opposed a ban on assault-style weapons tn l1)4)! Rep Ron Coleman, D-Texas. who has never vot ed against n position taken by the National Rifle Asso< tation. said he made his din ision after talk ing to his local police chief and sheriff Ultimately, I think you have to defer to law enforcement lenders in your community." said Coleman, who got a t all from Clinton on Wednes day When the chief of poll* e and the sheriff Itotli say they support banning those deadly weapons, then 1 have to stand up and take note e V irtuallv all the magir law onfun etnent organi zations support the ban If it is a political offense that costs me my g>h then so be it." Coleman said Rep Mil haul Andrews. I) Texas, a lifelong hunter who is leaving the I louse, asked, "Who can. in good conscience, defend such weapons as appropriate for hunters or sportsmen' Anyone that needs a 20-round i lip of high-veloritv ammunition to fell a dut k or kill a deer needs to look into tak mg up golf " An opponent of the ban. Rep Human Hunter. R Colif.. said he believed the former presidents let ter would have little impai I on the vote I think that the position of litnnn Carter has been well known for a long time, and I think the position of Mr Reagan is understood and accepted in most Republic ans and Dcuum rats as part of his ( loM relatlonshlp with Inn and Sarah Brady Hunter said ‘Unity summit’ will link black leaders WASHINGTON (AIM - Black loaders will gather in Baltimore for a "unity” summit bringing together diverse black groups, but it was unclear Wednesday if Nation of Islam leader Louis Far rakhnn would be included. The NAACP, which is spon soring the event, had said in February that Farrakhan would he involved. But when asked Wednesday if Farrakhan was still included in plans, NAACP executive direc tor Ben Chavis said "we would rather not respond to that ques tion." The Baltimore meeting grew out of a "unity" pledge taken last fall by Chavis. Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. and Congres sional Black Caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume, a Democrat from Baltimore. Hut some of the leaders, par ticularly Chavis and Mfuim*. have liean under pressure to dis tance themselves from Kar ra khan after one of his aides. Khallid Abdul Muhammad, made anti-Semitic statements in a speech before college students last November Chavis also drew heat from the NAACP's hoard of directors for an April meeting in Detroit with about 40 nationalists. Pan Africanists and others, to dis cuss "a pro-active, independent African agenda," apparently without the board's knowledge That meeting fanned a philo sophical dispute between Chavis and the hoard ovor which issues the civil rights organ! rat ion should emphasize as it rvinvignrntes itself (.basis said Wednesday "there was no significant oppo sition within the NAACP" to holding the summit. 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