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"I worry about his safety and the types of weapons he will confront on the street," Gonzales said. "The president has made it clear that he stands ready to sign a reauthorization of the federal assault weapons ban if it is sent to him by Congress. I, of course, support the president on this issue."
Maybe the flu I am suffering from is making me a bit slow, but what am I missing here?
Plenty. Believe me.
You are missing the Congress makes the law and he enforces the law.
What you're missing is that he has a PERSONAL OPINION on it that he SAID he would ignore if circumstances put him in a situation where he had to rule on the law.
What is so damn hard for you to understand about that? He's ENTITLED to a personal opinion, just as Bush is entitled to who he wants as an AG.