So do you think we would still have the AWB today if Al Gored was elected or not Swampsniper?
GWb is at least neutral the Libs are hostile to the 2nd amendment and will indeed do more then offer Amicus briefs, they will ban stuff.
Only if we'd had a very different Congress. Congress never passed an extension, so it didn't matter who was President, there was no bill to sign. (which is a Good Thing, since GWB promised to sign it, and you know AlGore would have signed it. Hillary or B. Hussien would sign a new one too, so would Guiliani or Romney. McCain probably would as well. Niether the Huckleberry nor Thompson would sign anything other than a veto of such a measure.
If "Heller" goes the wrong way, the way the Washington Post and so many others advocate, then I expect to see a new and improved AWB on George Bush's desk before the end of his term. A couple of them have already been filed. One as a stand alone bill HR 1022 Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007 , that's the new and "improved" one. The other as part of yet another Omnibus Crime Bill, S 2237 Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007, which appears to be "just" a reauthorization of the old 94-04 AWB.
Not much difference between “neutral” and “hostile”, you can’t trust either one!