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Bush Backs Renewing Assault Weapons Ban
Washington Post ^
| April 12, 2003
| Unknown
Posted on 04/12/2003 7:50:38 AM PDT by Mini-14
The Bush administration is bucking the National Rifle Association and supporting a renewal of the assault weapons ban, set to expire just before the presidential election. "The president supports the current law, and he supports reauthorization of the current law," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told Knight Ridder.
Tossing out the ban on semiautomatic weapons is a top priority of the NRA. Bush said during his presidential campaign that he supported the ban, but it was less clear whether he would support an extension.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; assaultweapons; bang; banglist; firearm; firearms; georgebush; gun; guncontrol; guns
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:50:38 AM PDT
by
Mini-14
To: *bang_list
bang
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:51:09 AM PDT
by
Mini-14
To: *bang_list; Travis McGee
bang
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:51:21 AM PDT
by
Mulder
(No matter how paranoid you are, you're not paranoid enough)
To: Mini-14
Say good-bye to a TON of votes.
To: Mini-14
This can't be true!?!
Please let this article be wrong!
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:52:47 AM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
(Communists & Socialists: They only survive through lies.)
To: Mini-14
How long until the bots come and start posting that this is all part of some "brilliant plan" by Bush?
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:52:48 AM PDT
by
Mulder
(No matter how paranoid you are, you're not paranoid enough)
To: Squantos; Shooter 2.5; harpseal
Ping
To: All
This seems a good place for one of my favorite taglines.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:53:38 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Admit it; Amendment XIX is very much to blame.)
To: Mulder
Along with the brilliant plan to increase the federal budget by 20% in the past two years, while we've been criticizing Clinton's budgets as too large and wasteful.
To: All
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To: Teacher317
Along with the brilliant plan to increase the federal budget by 20% in the past two years, while we've been criticizing Clinton's budgets as too large and wasteful. Hey we're at war. If you don't like it, you can move to Iraq.
/sarcasm
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:54:36 AM PDT
by
Mulder
(No matter how paranoid you are, you're not paranoid enough)
To: Mini-14
Tossing out the ban on semiautomatic weapons is a top priority of the NRA.
More slanted reporting, it's due to sunset, go out of existance, cease to exist.
Die, vile legislation, Die!
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:54:50 AM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: Mini-14
Bush said during his presidential campaign that he supported the banDoes anyone remember this? Any links?
To: Mini-14
The war on the Second Amendment can best be described as a Quagmire.
sad, i wont vote for him again if he does.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:55:59 AM PDT
by
toothless
(I AM A MAN)
To: Mini-14
This is my issue and this is my litmus test, and he's going to fail it.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:56:32 AM PDT
by
lainie
To: lainie
You bet. I will not vote for Bush if he truly supports this. He's showing his true colors.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:57:24 AM PDT
by
dinodino
To: lainie
Same here Lainie.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:57:29 AM PDT
by
chnsmok
To: Teacher317
To: chnsmok
I am still ducking. Noone here to defend him yet?
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:59:31 AM PDT
by
chnsmok
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