[Southack]

Bush armed pilots and ordered Ashcroft to inform the Supreme Court that the U.S. officially supports the view that the 2nd Amendment protects an INDIVIDUAL'S right to keep and bear arms, something that not even Reagan or Teddy Roosevelt did.

GWB also has 2nd Amendment cases put on hold so that they won't reach the SCOTUS until two more liberals retire, thus freeing up the Court to end the current anti-gun madness after he gets two of his own on the bench.

Not that many people are clever enough to realize any of the above, however...

[af_vet_rr]

If the BATF and SS are allowed to participate in this, then their superiors clearly support this. You make some extremly good points, but if innocent citizens are going to be harassed by federal agents over guns.....None of us can blame Clinton/Reno over this one.

[epow]

Right. And I have some prime real estate for sale 40 miles west of Miami.

Bush was dead set against allowing armed pilots until it became obvious it was a popular idea with many voters. Ashcroft made his famous statement about the 2nd A protecting an individual right to arms, but his statement means zilch if he doesn't reign in his ATF thugs. We all sit around feeling good about what he SAID, while his JBTs go along their merry way harrassing honest gun owners and dealers as usual. Note that the his Justice Department lawyers in the Emerson case insisted that private citizens have no constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

During the 2000 campaign Bush stated that he supported the "assault weapon" ban. Anyone who thinks he is a true believer in the 2ndA is in for a rude awakening when he signs the extention the AWB next year.

And don't hit me with that tired old Bushbot question, "would you rather have Gore in the WH?" That seems to be the standard response from Bushbots anytime it's pointed out that Bush isn't the second coming of Christ. No, I don't want Gore or any other Democrat in the WH now or ever, that's why I held my nose and voted for Bush. Given the only alternative, I will no doubt vote for him next time. But I won't be under any illusion that I'm voting for a true conservative who would expend some of his political capital defending the RKBA.