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[agitator]

gee.......why am I not surprised........

[steve-b]

I guess he wants to emulate his daddy, right down to being a one-term President.

[demosthenes the elder]

I said this back in November 2002, and I will say it again now:
Waiting for the expiration puts Dubya on the electoral hot-seat. The GOP in Congress ought to do the smart thing and push to repeal it NOW!

[Henrietta]

If Bush upholds continuing this assault weapons ban, I will not vote for him in 2004. And neither will a lot of other people I know.

[PLMerite]

If Bush signs it, I sit out the 2004 election.

[Scutter]

With Republicans like this, who needs Democrats.

[Arkinsaw]

It'll expire, Bush is not going to take any active role either way on this is my guess.

[Blood of Tyrants]

So far, the Republican controlled House will NOT even bring the AW ban up for renewal and if it does, there is a very good chance that it will be defeated. The Senate won't if they are smart. I think that Bush is playing this one on both sides, saying that he would sign it IF it came across his desk knowing full well that there is little chance of that.

However, he should realize that without the NRA support in the last election, he very well may have lost. If he does something so stupid as to re-authorize the AW ban, I will sit home or vote third party.

I'll be damned if I vote for someone who is determined to cut my throat.

[You Gotta Be Kidding Me]

"Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, said Bush's support was somewhat irrelevant. "Ultimately, I think this issue is going to be decided by the Congress," LaPierre said. If it is, the NRA has reason to be optimistic."

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REALIZE!!!

[joesnuffy]

When you send young men and women to die in Iraq

You really shouldnt take away their right to defend their loved ones or be in favor of such things or....

against them owning the tools they need to do the job...

It just doesnt look right...especially in light of what your dad did along those very same lines
He clamped down on firearms and then sent troops over seas..

Even more so...

While draft dodging anti USA liberals like Senn Penn and politicians like Ted Kennedy are allowed to carry concealed weapons illegally and their body guards caught with illegally converted machine guns..

[wastoute]

Bush's father thought he could get re-elected without gun owners, too...

[SirAllen]

This has been a horrible bill. Call your congressmen and make sure they don't extend this.

[RLK]

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is bucking the National Rifle Association ...

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Thank God we didn't get that idiot Owlgore in as president.

[ccmay]

People! Relax!

You are watching a skilled politician at work.

W. knows good and well that Congress is not going to bring up the AW ban. It will sunset next year, and soon we will be back to the way things were.

This is a harmless way for him to put a lock on the votes of many liberals who like him and want to vote for him. I have no doubt that he is on our side. I have no doubt that this is done with a wink and a nudge to the NRA. I have no doubt that he WANTS the NRA to issue statements of concern and disappointment, to help him run from the center in 2004.

After re-election, he will not lift a finger in support of further gun control efforts, and might even help us make progress on national concealed-carry and other pro-gun reforms.

If you allow your absolutist opinions on the 2nd Amendment to keep you from voting for the greatest friend gun owners have had in the White House since Ronaldus Maximus, then you're a fool. Keep your eyes on the prize. This is a tactical feint on the battlefield, not a grand over-arching strategy.

My views on guns are to the right of probably 99% of Americans, but I realize that no politician could currently get elected who so forthrightly called for unlimited national concealed carry, for example, or repeal of the 1986 MG ban. That's OK. I'll take what I can get now, vote for Bush, and keep working to shift the goal posts rightwards. It's not even a vote for the lesser of two evils; it's a vote for imperfect good instead of pure evil.

Don't be an idiot. Dance with the one what brung ya.

-ccm

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