Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, December 30, 1994 TAG: 9412300122
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-12 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: FAIRFAX LENGTH: Medium
The Republican, who lost to Democratic Sen. Charles Robb in November, has said he plans to become a full-time radio talk-show host next year. North announced this month that he probably would strike a deal for a syndicated show by January.
Spokesmen for North did not respond to requests for comment on the progress of those plans.
North's two-hour appearance on Washington's WMAL-AM featured a lengthy discussion of the new Rhino bullets, ammunition its manufacturer claims can pierce bulletproof vests.
North suggested the manufacturer is hyping the bullet before putting it on the market.
``Let me just start off with the perspective that this is hogwash,'' North said on the ``Bob Levey Show.'' ``There has never been a bullet made than can do what they say ... and there will always be a way to make body armor that will stop a bullet.''
North's Sterling-based company, Guardian Technologies Inc., makes police armor.
North chatted with mostly appreciative callers, many of whom said they had voted for him.
One caller suggested that the bullet controversy is an argument for stricter gun registration or controls on ammunition, North stopped him short.
``I am a life member of the NRA, let me just say that right out,'' North said, referring to the National Rifle Association.
Gun control, North said, ``is one of the last great liberal issues.''
``It's the way the media played it, that this is why we need more gun control,'' North said. ``I don't think gun control is the answer to criminals.''
by CNB