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The country. over the course of a weekend they shoot guns and listen to lectures on the american revolution, but the initiative concerns some organizations which are keeping a close watch. jack daly says americans need to know how to shoot. he says they also need to know the history of the american revolution. >> who can tell me something about april 19, 1775? >> reporter: since its inpension, daly's appleseed project has taught history and marksmanship to a total of 20,000 americans around the country. >> it's a hook by which we get people to appleseed. >> reporter: what brings you out here? ...

Apolitical philosophy. >> reporter: appleseed participants say they're just mainstream americans exercising their first and second amendment rights. for now, watchdog groups agree. >> at this moment we do not believe that the appleseed project is an extremist organization. we don't know where they're headed. >> reporter: critics question whether appleseed fuels anti-government sentiment while it bills itself as nonpartisan, the movement makes no secret of its dissatisfaction with the current political climate. >> like many other americans, i've been concerned and disturbed about the direction ...

>> appleseed participants say they're just mainstream americans exercising their rights. for now watchdog groups agree. >> at this moment we do not believe that the appleseed project is an extremist organization. we don't know where they're headed. >> reporter: critics question whether appleseed fuels anti-government sentiment. while it bills itself as nonpartisan, the movement makes no secret of its dissatisfaction with the current political climate. >> like many other americans, i've been concerned and disturbed about the direction the country's going in. >> but daly insists his appleseed pr...

bill: it's just about every day now that congressional leadership is being asked about this question. does she break with the president on this? >> reporter: they both have the opportunity, of course, to condemn this project, and neither did. the president said he's not weighing in on the merits of building this mosque so close to ground zero. neither is speaker pelosi. she is saying it's a local zoning issue. she is asking who is providing the financing for making this a political issue. the president's spokesman was asked if politics played into what he had to say. he said no. the...

a fox news alert, stunning new poll numbers showing a solid majority of new yorkers are against the development of an islamic center near ground zero. according to the latest poll, 63% registered new york state voters oppose the plan while 27% say they support it. that also comes as we're getting breaking news from the office of governor david paterson. he says the people building that mosque have rejected his latest request for a meeting. the goal of that meeting was going to be about finding a location for this project. the debate also rocking washington again today, house speaker ...