Kerry goes hunting for votes but gun lobby backs Bush

DEMOCRATIC Presidential candidate John Kerry switched to macho politics yesterday when he made an unusual hunting trip to rural Ohio in a bid to woo traditionalist male voters, while Mr Bush courted Catholics in Pennsylvania.

Kerry has repeatedly said he supports the constitutional right of US citizens to own firearms, distancing himself from some members of his own party that insist on more rigid gun control.

But the National Rifle Association, the nation’s leading gun lobby, is not buying these entreaties.