I would consider the Lautenberg Abomination an even bigger attack on the Constitution than the AWB. Remind me about the pro-gun Senate that passed it 97-2?
I had somehow forgotten the Lautenberg abomination, and I agree that it is even worse than the now defunct AWB. The fact that 97 United States Senators including practically all Republicans voted to override the US Constitution with that bill is another disgraceful act of cowardice and betrayal to hang around the neck of the so-called conservative Republican Party.
When you get right down to where the rubber meets the road we don't really have a Constitution. What we do have is not much more than an interesting old historical document that means nothing in the real world of political ambition and the lust for virtually unlimited power over the lives and liberties of other Americans. In spite of my tagline I can't say that I feel optimistic about our future as a nation, although personally I enjoy great anticipation of nothing less than perfection in all matters concerning my eternal future.