NRA endorsement of Bush is on hold

The Hill ^ | 11 may 04 | Bob Cusack

[white trash redneck]

If the AWB is renewed, Bush will lose. While I'm sure that most gunnies know in their heads that Bush has a long way to fall before being as bad as Kerry on RKBA issues, too many will sit on their hands if the AWB passes the House and Senate, Bush signs it into law. I hope that Bush and whoever is running his campaign realizes that if he signs a renewal of the AWB he will earn no goodwill and no votes, but he stands to lose plenty.

If the gunnies' votes are spoken for, why is it that Bush 41 and Dole, whom the NRA did not endorse, lost, while Reagan and Bush 43, who did get endorsed, won.

Castle, Shays, Kirk, and Ferguson - what a group of RINO's.

[2banana]

The AWB is my line in the sand. If a renewal gets passed I will abandon Bush and the Republicans...

[tbpiper]

If the AWB is renewed, Bush will lose.

Horse crap. Given the choices that have to made in this time of war, one would have to be a real pinhead not to vote for Bush because of a single issue. The AWB is in reality very minor and more symbolic than substantive. Besides, if the ban is renewed, it will be dropped or ignored when more of the fight comes to our shores.

[tbpiper]

The AWB is my line in the sand. If a renewal gets passed I will abandon Bush and the Republicans...and support the Democrats and the Greens.

You forgot to mention the consequences.

[rwfromkansas]

Who runs around hunting deer with a machine gun anyway?

I don't think the ban should be extended, but don't really care that much.

[dalebert]

I hunt and don't need an assault weapon for deer.

[.38sw]

In case no one has ever mentioned it to you, the Second Amendment isn't about hunting ducks - or deer.

[votelife]

I think it would be foolish to vote against Bush if he reextends the ban...that being said, there are a lot of people who won't vote for him if he does it and probably even more who will BUT who won't campaign, etc.

So, I hope Bush doesn't sign it.

[Dan from Michigan]

This is my line in the sand.

[Dan from Michigan]

The 2nd amendment has nothing whatsoever to do with hunting.

[prion]

If the AWB is renewed, Bush will lose.

No, I don't think so. This is much like the Mexican immigration thing: I will be very, very unhappy, but I can't risk a President Kerry.

The fact that the Republicans know this and are playing me feeds my inchoate rage...but I won't stay home.

[Sofa King]

Too bad not enough people have read the bill of rights to know that.

[Sloth]

The AWB is my line in the sand.

CFR was mine.

[rwfromkansas]

True. It protects the right to bear arms for any lawful purpose.

But, a machine gun being banned really doesn't get me too riled up for some reason.

Yeah, it should be legal due to the Constitution not excluding some weapons, but I have enough things to try to fight for without having to add another that doesn't seem all that critical. I am not saying I think the AWB is good or constitutional, just that everybody seems to have gotten fine without that automatic they want so badly so it is hard to get worked up over it.

[COEXERJ145]

The AWB ban will never get out of the House. I trust Tom Delay's word that it is beyond DOA.

[spunkets]

"Given the choices that have to made in this time of war, one would have to be a real pinhead not to vote for Bush because of a single issue."

The single issue is Freedom and the future of Freedom. The war with jihadis means nothing if you surrender to the socialists. They are the same thing, they both demand your submission.

" Besides, if the ban is renewed, it will be dropped or ignored when more of the fight comes to our shores."

ROTFLMAO!

[WhiteGuy]

Bush supports the renewal of the 10-year ban.

What else needs to be said.

[Long Cut]

Since you have been told what the Second says about hunting, I will only add that:

1. We're NOT talkiing about machine guns...so-called "assault weapons" are semi-auto ONLY;
2. They use the same rounds and actions as many hunting rifles.

[Hank Rearden]

In case no one has ever mentioned it to you, the Second Amendment isn't about hunting ducks - or deer.

Let's just lay it out for the obtuse here on FR:

The Second Amendment affirms the right of The People to possess arms to defend our liberty and kill our government, should it become tyrannical.

Too scary for 'em? Tough.