Joe Holcomb, District One staff representative for the United Steelworkers Union, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at a union office in North Canton, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. The former steelworker said he remembers the environmental push to clean up Ohio's rivers and sooty air from factory smokestacks. The cleanup was effective "but we lost jobs," Holcomb said. Though the steelworkers national union strongly supports the cap-and-trade climate legislation and has lobbied for it in Washington and around the country Holcomb said, he warned those in Washington not to make the same mistake. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Joe Holcomb, District One staff representative for the United Steelworkers Union, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at a union office in North Canton, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. The former steelworker said he remembers the environmental push to clean up Ohio's rivers and sooty air from factory smokestacks. The cleanup was effective "but we lost jobs," Holcomb said. Though the steelworkers national union strongly supports the cap-and-trade climate legislation and has lobbied for it in Washington and around the country Holcomb said, he warned those in Washington not to make the same mistake.

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  1. People carrying fire arms queue in front of a hall at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  2. People carrying fire arms queue in front of a hall at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  3. Various types of ammunition lie in box at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  4. An employee of the arsenal places a vintage percussion rifle in a box filled with other fire arms a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  5. A employee of the arsenal places a automatic pistol in a box filled with other fire arms a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  6. Police officers check fire arms and ammunition at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  7. An unidentified man talks to police officers as he hands over his fire arms at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  8. People with fire arms queue in front of a hall at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  9. People carrying fire arms queue in front of a hall at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  10. An unidentified man fills in forms before handing over his fire arms at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  11. People with fire arms queue in front of a hall at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  12. People carrying fire arms queue in front of a hall at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  13. An arsenal employee takes over rifles from an unidentified woman at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.
  14. Various fire arms lie in box at a police station in the town of Winterthur north of Zurich October 24, 2009. Gun owners resident in Switzerland can hand in their unwanted arms or ammunitions, of military or civil origins, to the administration of the Canton of Zurich this Saturday.

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