Frank, Dean has stated that gun control is an issue for each state depending on the crime situation in each locality. Rural areas like Montana are very different than inner city gang areas. He is an advocate for appropriate gun legislation designed for each community/state. Go to the Dean blog and you will see discussions of the Israel issue as well as all other political points of view. Dean is not in any lobby pocket, guns or Israel or any other. The whole focus of his campaign is to get special interest influence out of campaigns and government as much as possible. That is what is getting people excited about his campaign. His money is not coming from lobbies, pacs, unions, etc. it is coming from individual donations of voters. The same with the campaign work. It's being done by individual folks in small towns and big cities as well.