The soccer moms who vote heavily on the gun-control issue and who voted for Gore because he tongue-sucked his wife on national TV will not be voting for Bush even were he to ban all guns outright.
There is no upside to Bush's maintaining this "promise". He is doing so because he must honestly believe black guns are evil and have no place in modern America. And I don't see how that squares with the Constitution or with his perception as nominating jurists who have a stricter interpretation of the Constitution. I mean, Ashcroft appears to be pro-RKBA to a greater extent, but what comes from Bush's mouth is not so impressive.
I will vote for him anyway as I have no choice. Any Democrat would be worse on RKBA.
I will vote for him anyway as I have no choice. Any Democrat would be worse on RKBA.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I just honestly disagree with your analysis. If you searched my history, you would find me both a passionate advocate of the Second Amendment and a strong Bush supporter. I refuse to believe he thinks black guns are evil...damn, he's from Texas.
I think a lot of soccer moms and mushy moderates who ARE for abortion voted for Bush because his "compassionate conservatism" made him seem unthreatening, and they wanted the White House sterilized and the Oval Office sink replaced. I also think he would lose many of their votes if he gave Chris Matthews et al a chance to hammer him for a year over how he broke a campaign promise "just like Dadday."
Not to mention, I don't think he'll lose that many votes on the right, as your last two sentences indicate.
Thank you for a civil discourse...