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To: Richard-SIA
Anyone who has been paying attention to our fight for Gun Rights will never say the Republicans and the dems are the same party. It's been the Republicans who have led the fight for the CCW laws in the states. There are a few and, I repeat, few Republicans who have gone against this trend but they are far and few. Anyone who doubts this can watch the Senate debates in Wisconsin next week when the CCW law is introduced for an override.
The NRA has repeatedly stated that the time to fight the AWB was back in the last election. That's when we needed the A rated candidates to win so they were there when the vote came up. We were then told we have the votes in Congress but the Senate is still filled with anti-gun politicians. The AWB has to be stopped at the Congressional Committee level.
Our moderate president has stated that if it reached his desk, he would sign it. That was a challenge to the pro-gun activists to make sure it never reaches his desk. He made a campaign promise but it's a far cry from supporting the law. There haven't been any Rose Garden press conferences with police chiefs in the background like the 'toon made popular.

Unfortunately this fight is never going to be over. There's still a chance something horrible will happen before the election is here. Even if it's sunsetted there's still the anti's who will continue to introduce gun control while they're still in power. We won't win until the dem party is a distant memory.
25 posted on 01/13/2004 6:20:56 AM PST by Shooter 2.5 (Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
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To: Shooter 2.5
It's no wonder we often have shoddy legislation in key areas. Pols are busy fighting guns instead of doing their jobs. If they can't read the second amendment, what else do they know?
26 posted on 01/13/2004 6:26:16 AM PST by risk
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To: Shooter 2.5
"We won't win until the dem party is a distant memory."

So very, very true.
56 posted on 01/13/2004 2:06:31 PM PST by ought-six
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