[45Auto]

Those who would like 'hard core' RKBA advocates to simply shut up and punch the right button in the voting booth regardless of Constitutional insult, would do well to examine their own principles.

[tomakaze]

bump

[WOSG]

The assault weapons ban is history as of next year.

It wont be re-authorized.

[45Auto]

..."a raid on a Muslim commune in central Colorado turned up bombs, automatic weapons, ammunition and plans for terrorist attacks.'

Execpt that the federal AW ban has nothing to do with fully automatic weapons, those being banned (or taxed) since 1934.

[stevio]

If he pushes it, that will be the final kick in the teeth for me.

[Dan from Michigan]

If he signs a reupping of the AW ban or appoints gun grabbing judges(like Reinhardt), he'll lose my vote. If not, I'll hold my nose one more time.

[cryptical]

***BANG***

[T Wayne]

If Bush supports/allows reauthorization of the AWB, he has lost my vote.

If that crap is extended in any way other than in an overide of a veto, Bush will lose in '04.

JMTCW

[yarddog]

To read later.

[MindBender26]

Complete and total idiots!

This is how Clintonites get elected. Then all the guns will gone.

Dems are not so stupid.

[bassmaner]

Well, because many RKBA advocates refuse to vote for candidates from the only party that consistently supports the 2nd Amendment, then what other choices do they have? Howard Dean, big government nanny-state lefty from granola-eating Vermont? You know, the guy who wanted to appeal to pickup-truck drivers with the Confederate flag in the window, then backed off and apologized to Al "Tawana Brawley" Sharpton for his trouble? Or maybe one of the other 9 dwarves?

You decide ...

[ZULU]

If Bush is hoping that the ban will never reach his desk - as he probably did with campaign finance reform, I hope he knows something that is that is not apparent to all of us here.

Chances are the ban will be passed by the Congress and will wind up on his desk, and he will sign it. The result will be the loss of enough pro-gun conservative votes to lose him the election, even though an assault gun ban may be preferable to another Democrat in the White House, one who may oppose handgun ownership or support a host of other issues.

Somebody should set up a petition on line to send Bush urging him and the Republican House and Senate leadership to bloack this bill. It can only Bush - one way or the other.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Yeah, we should all vote for Democrats, they really support the second ammendment. /not

Vote any way you want, if you think NOT supporting President Bush will get you what you want you are wrong.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Those who would cut off their noses to spit their faces better do some re-examining of their own.

Not that any of the Lovers of Losers who would vote against Bush over this issue would have voted for him in any case.

Just another RATmedia manipulation of the brainless knee-jerkers who pretend they are conservatives, nothing to see here.

[x]

George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers have decided that their best strategy for the 2004 campaign is to focus on the "doctrine of preemption."

President Bush and his advisers have to downplay the "doctrine of preemption" because of public fears that it will mean more wars of dubious necessity or justification. After reading something like Shelton's first sentence, what's the point of going on?

[Shooter 2.5]

We shouldn't do anything that will put the dems back into power. We have a moderate from a liberal. The next time we can get Cheney or Rice.

Since Bush said he would sign it IF it reaches his desk BEFORE the election, I can't see how active the nay-sayers were if they missed hearing him say that.

Let's work together so it doesn't reach his desk.

[jdege]

I don't give a damned what he says about the AWB.

I've long since stopped expecting politicians to tell the truth.

I care about what he does and what he's done. He's done enough on the gun-rights front in the past for me to support him, and I will continue to support him until he's done something - not just said that he would do something, but actually done something - to justify removing that support.

I can't tell what's in his heart. I don't know whether he truly supports the AWB, or whether he's trying to finesse the issue. And I don't care.

If the AWB renewal fails, I'll continue to support him, regardless of what he's said, and no matter who it is that was the apparent front-runner in defeating that renewal.

If the AWB renewal passes, I will not. As I will not support any member of Congress who voted for it, regardless of party.

This seems, to me at least, to be the consensus among politically active gun owners in my community. And it's a consensus that I've done my best to bring to the attention of the politicians who represent me.

Meanwhile, I will not get wrapped around the axle over what Bush has said.

[Sender]

Agreed, I don't simply vote for someone regardless of Constitutional insult. But if Bush promotes the AW ban as part of the WOT, what is our reasonable alternative? Vote for Dean or Clark? Or, God forbid, Hillary?

[556x45]

Its completely unclear how the AW ban would do anything to stop or hinder terroism or its operations. Id like to hear from those who believe it could.

[GSWarrior]

I need to know why the assault weapons ban should be repealed. Is it a "slippery slope" argument?

[Kenton]

After all, such a ban would make it easier for law enforcement officers to break up terrorist organizations here in the United States. In 1993, for example, a raid on a Muslim commune in central Colorado turned up bombs, automatic weapons, ammunition and plans for terrorist attacks.

Boy, I can't wait for the ban to expire so I can get my hands on some bombs, machine guns, and terrorist plans!

I presume I'll be able to buy these items "on the streets", on the proverbial "every street corner", right?

Boy, I hope so. I hate having to go all the way to the next county where they have a gun show so I can exploit that "Gun Show Loophole" when I need bombs or Class III weaponry.

Of course, if we really wanted to take a lesson from this little anecdote, wouldn't it be to keep a closer eye on "Muslim Compounds?" Or do we only do that when it's a bunch of Christian fundie kooks living on the prairie in Texas?

Inquiring minds want to know.