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To: Toespi
I can name countless Libertarian minded gun owners who simply voted (in large part) for Bush TWICE, due to the then upcoming Supreme Court vacancies.

A lot of the dissatisfaction has nothing to do with Roe vs, Wade. Gun owners come in all stripes, and many just don't care about the abortion issue. At least it is not the driving force guiding them to the polls.

Roberts and Miers may be okay when it comes to the 2nd Amendment, but after being Soutered in the past, they are not about to be happy about pigs in a poke. We have worked too hard and too long to simply TRUST that a pick will gun owner friendly.

The Circuit Courts are split. The Circus Court in California says the 2nd is a collective right, while the New Orleans based court has come down on the individual right side of the argument. Eventually, the Supreme Court will have to take a stand.

Many gun owners are one issue voters, just like many pro-lifers, and feel like they may have been sold out. Granted, with the exception of Bush saying he was for the renewal of the AWB, he has been a friend of gun owners.

41 posted on 10/26/2005 4:46:38 PM PDT by nralife
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To: nralife

and you can be assured they will NEVER take our guns away either. It is a right wing vote getter, just as Roe V Wade is a left wing vote getter. People don't understand intricate political issues but they do understand guns and babies, so the intellectuals on both sides keep throwing them their bones.


50 posted on 10/26/2005 4:56:01 PM PDT by Toespi
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