I totally agree...and it was my first thought that he must know that the Republicans will never let this fly so he's trying to draw from a much broader base than conservatives...trying to start the next election season now. Still, playing "politics" with the Constitution is unacceptable and I would clearly expect it if the name was Clinton or Gore....not from a man who said the most influential person in his life is Jesus Christ.
Don't any of these idiot politicians learn from HISTORY? Bush is President because of the gunowners who are also democrats crossed party lines enough times in enough states to swing the votes in those states. And just look at 1994 when this garbage was passed the first time...see how many Dems paid with their political lives. I don't understand how Jeb can be so progun with the double dealing of his dad and older brother as examples. I know Jeb personally...and IMHO he'd be a damn sight better President than GW!
I think Bush is counting on the House to allow this to die. It's a political calculation, but, quite frankly, presidential elections nowadays are won by swinging moderate votes, as neither liberals nor conservatives can win national elections by themselves. There are a lot of voters in the mushy middle who are scared of those mean-looking military-type weapons and can't envision why anyone would need them for deer hunting - in other words, they've bought the arguments of the gun grabbers. It stinks like dead meat, but that's politics nowadays.
I think we need to work our respective Congresscritters to help give them the political cover needed to oppose this so it never gets to Bush's desk. That's the best place to kill this - and RINOs are the weak link. Likewise, we need to swing conservative Democrats from rural districts such as in Pennsylvania where, outside of Philly, there is a strong pro-gun sentiment.