[TC Rider]

I'd love to read the language in this Bill as I have a sneaking suspicion that more weapons are included. And maybe caliber restrictions too.

Any changes, different wording, new weapon lists, lets G.W. off the hook for his 2000 campaign promise to sign a renewal of the 'existing' legislation. (like DeLay would ever let it get through the House)

My feeling now is that the AWB is DOA on 9/14/04.

[Long Cut]

Two things will make it continue to live after that.

1. Apathy on our part.
If those of us who value freedom and Liberty are silent, or seen as unconcerned, it has a good chance of passing. The Million Sucker Moms, VPC, and media have a loud, if not numerous, voice, and it can and has drowned out the facts in the past. If those on our side could get even one-quarter of our number to a march on Washington, we'd never face this crap again.

2. A mass-shooting incident between now and then.
Regardless of firearm involved, such a massacre would produce a wave of emotionalism and hysteria that the Republicans would be unable to stand in the face of without MASSIVE backup from ALL of us. This close to an election, such an emotional whomp would be near-overwhelming.