What I recall is that the President said he would sign the renewal
if it reached his desk.I interpert that to mean our job is to keep it from getting there in the first place, and am doing what I can from here to effect that.
Here's one.. looking for others.
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/guam/41/ar15/georgew.htm Gun restrictions OK within basic right to own guns
Bush opposed repeal of the 1994 assault weapon ban and indicated his openness to Clinton’s call to raise the age of legal handgun ownership from 18 to 21. But Bush opposed Clinton’s call for reinstituting 3-day waiting periods for gun purchases, saying he preferred instant background checks. And while he said he could support national legislation to extend such instant checks to purchases at unregulated gun shows, he’s made no effort to support a state bill that would have done just that in Texas. Source: L.A. Times May 1, 1999