Bush & Kerry duel on weapons ban

Seven weeks before the Nov. 2 election, both candidates for the White House shifted to domestic issues after weeks of debate over the war in Iraq and the fight against terrorism.

Bush, on the campaign trail in the swing state of Michigan, described Kerry's plans as "a massive, complicated blueprint to have our government take over |he decision-making in health care" and said Americans would pay the price in the pocketbook.

"Not only is his plan going to increase the power of bureaucrats in your lives, but he can't pay for it unless he raises your taxes," he told a forum in Muskegon, Michigan.