Bull. The tiny-but-shrill antigun lobby didn't spend millions on ads to try to defeat Bush because they thought he was antigun.
Since his inauguration, Bush has driven the antigun lobby - and the Eurocommies - nuts with his support of gun rights. From his nomination of John Ashcroft (and getting him confirmed) to his standing up to the Eurocommies' demands for global gun control, it's obvious who's not their man!
Finally, trying to replicate Brit-style confiscation here is now impractical. Only reason why it was practical in Britain was that almost all guns there were registered - and few had them anyway. Here, a high share of the public has guns - and many share my attitude that "my only 'dependent' eats Purina!" Many of us at any given time have also just been told that we are terminally ill.
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I could say the same for your drivel
The tiny-but-shrill antigun lobby didn't spend millions on ads to try to defeat Bush because they thought he was antigun.
No they thought that Gore would be more favorable to their schemes. They didn't think that GWB would wholsale restore our rights.
Since his inauguration, Bush has driven the antigun lobby - and the Eurocommies - nuts with his support of gun rights.
Just what has he actually done?
From his nomination of John Ashcroft (and getting him confirmed)
Just how does this do anything to help gun owners' rights? The ONLY thing that Ashcroft has done that could even vaguely be construed as pro-gun was to send a memo that the 2nd Amend was individual. Talk is cheap. neither Bush nor any of his appointees have done a single solitary substantive pro-gun thing. Magaw imperiously annnounced that there would be no arming of the pilots. (Killing everyone on board with a sidewinder is OK, but arming the pilots is not). Don't think that lap dogs like Magaw do anything that isn't approved from the top.
If GWB II is so pro-gun (and he's not) he could simply rescind the executive orders blocking imports signed by his daddy, King George I, and the despicable Klinton. He hasn't and he won't. He is slightly to the right of the Democrats, but not much, and is certaintly no real conservative.
Brit style confiscation
I agree that it is impractical now, but in the future when the so-called "instant background check" has registered 99% of all of the gun owners, then the government will test it. Remember what they did in New York City - registered them in 1976 with the promise that they would never be confiscated, and then 20 years later confiscated them. Politicians' promises aren't worth the contents of a spitoon. When GWB DOES something pro gun, then I'll be happy to change my judgement, but I'm not going to hold my breath.