Really? The first President Bush assumed that gun owners had 'no where else to go,' after he signed the ban on importation of so-called 'assault weapons.' Guess his assumption wasn't quite correct, and your's may not be, either - especially if the current President Bush renews the '94 Clinton/Feinstein 'assault weapons' ban...
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Ante up, T_D: tell me (and the other NRA 'lifers' here ;>) what a great "conservative" GWB is on the 'gun control' issue. While you're at it, consider this: about 19% of the voters contributing to the '94 Republican 'revolution' were gun owners. In other words, in '94 one out of every five actual voters was a gun owner voting Republican - and 'Dubyah' has announced that he is prepared to piss on their constitutional rights...
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I am a bit confused by a lot of the rhetoric here, blaming Bush for not controlling the borders, accusing Bush of planning to grant amnesty to illegals (even though that has been categorically denied by the Bush administration), and now the assault weapons ban...
Kindly keep in mind that the only way the ban will be renewed is if Congress passes an extension. If that happens, will you vote against your representative and senator as well? And exactly what would you have Bush do differently with regard to border control, keeping in mind the budget restrictions he has to work with? And don't tell me to put the military on the border - they are kinda busy overseas right now.
I am not happy with everything that Bush has done, but I am happy with most of the things he has done. Even if your ideal candidate, whoever that might be, were to be magically elected president, you would not be happy with everything he/she did after three years - it is just the nature of our system of government. We do not live in a monarchy or dictatorship, so anything Bush wants to accomplish has to move through Congress. That means compromise at times.
And with regard to the fiscal conservatives, keep in mind that non-defense spending increases have been kept to 4%... not great, but a lot better than under any Democrat would have been. Add that to the tax cuts, PBA ban, dumping Kyoto and ABM treaties, his willingness to ignore the UN and defend the USA interests first - I am more than willing to give him another 4 years.
Is your knowledge of the recent past so shallow or so limited that you do not, or refuse not, recall the circumstances under which this legislation was pushed and foisted upon us? Do you not recall the amount of graphic imagery beamed into each of our homes nightly nor the screaming headlines? Do you not understand that ordinary mom and pop types were roused up by this constant barrage? Do you not ,at all recall exactly whom the House and Senate were controlled by with a fairly iron hand? Just curious.