[Piquaboy]

I hope that they do. Then we will see how far that gets the lying Rat party.

[rdb3]

Bring it!

$710.96... The price of freedom.

[Puppage]

and to take assault weapons off the street

And, HOW many crimes are committed with assault weapons each year? The last 12 years? Can they even define what an assault weapon is?

Assault is an action, not a device.

[ServesURight]

Bush said he'll sign it IF IT REACHES HIS DESK...he didn't say he was going to move heaven and earth to get it there. Brillian political divide-and-conquer strategy by Dubya.

[muawiyah]

There are Democrats who are convinced that guns leap out of drawers and off tables to shoot people.

Others believe the ornaments make the weapon.

Frankly, folks with that sort of attitude should be prohibited from owning or possessing any sort of gun.

We could do a universal survey. Go door to door and find out what the folks behind the doors believe, then make a "banned owners list" to be published everywhere so that no one accidentally sells or gives them a gun.

[gilliam]

Not an issue this time around.

We are at war

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The 1994 Republican landslide was a direct result of passage of the Clinton/Feinstein AWB.

Bring it on!

[TN4Liberty]

"Our position on the current law is that it has been ineffective because the industry immediately found ways around the ban," said Kristin Rand, legislative director for the Violence Policy Center, a Washington-based gun-control advocacy group.

"We don't support a simple renewal of the ban, because what has happened in the assault-weapon marketplace is that virtually every gun banned in the '94 law has come back in the market in so-called post-ban configuration," she said.

Manufacturers removed the military-style features listed by the ban to make their weapons legal. Instead of a renewal, her group wants a major expansion of the law.

This statement is proof that they don't want to ban military style weapons, because military style weapons as they defined them continue to be illegal. They want to ban ALL weapons.

[OldFriend]

If only Carolyn McCarthy, the self professed devout Catholic, had voted for the ban on partial birth abortion, she might have some credibility.

[Slings and Arrows]

Bush said he would sign the AWB renewal if it got to his desk? Goodness, I'm trembling. After all, a noted gun-hater like Tom DeLay will do everything he can to hustle that bill through the House.

That didn't really need a sarcasm tag, did it?

[Mr_Mary_Jo_Kopechne]

I read many articles where Sara Brady and the others in the victim disarmament (vd) crowd claim Bush was elected partially based on a pledge he made during the 2000 election campaign to renew the ban. The only thing I can find is Bush stating during the election "It makes no sense for assault weapons to be around our society", which hardly seems like a pledge or promise. I am sure I am missing something, does anyone have proof that Bush pledged or promised to renew the ban? If there is no evidence, why are we allowing Brady and the others in the vd crowd to continue this lie?

[10mm]

"I've basically seeing even with my own (Democratic) leadership where they want to keep this quiet," McCarthy said in an interview. "They're petrified of the gun issue. Many members on both sides of the aisle are petrified of the gun issue. If this didn't come up, it would be OK with them."

They're afraid. Good. I like my Democrats fearful and cowed. Let's make sure we keep our boots on their throats.

[Nachoman]

I really hope they make an issue of this. I'll bet my last case of ammo the anti's couldn't tell the difference between an AR15 in an assault rifle configuration or a sporting rifle configuration, even if the two were laid side-by-side.

[xm177e2]

Democrats may use assault weapons ban against Bush, GOP

Republicans may use assault weapons ban against Kerry, DNC