I'd ask you to give me some evidence Bush really does believe in the 2nd Amendment and would stand up for it even if it would hurt him politically but, having seen some of your other posts, don't have feel I have the time to wade through a mountain of BS right now. Uh, he appointed John Ashcroft AG. Ashcroft has asserted that the an individual right to own firearms is part of the Constitution.
Your gratuitous insults aside, you've given no evidence that GWB doesn't believe in the 2nd Amendment.
Instead, you bash his father.
You're a hoot!
Bush selected Ashcroft for a lot of reasons, I've no evidence that his position on the 2nd Amendment was the issue Bush found appealing. With all the appointments he had to make, the list of high profile, strong advocates of the 2nd Amendment should be lengthy. Instead, I'm not sure it doesn't stop at Ashcroft and Bolton. I'd like to be corrected if the list is longer.
There wasn't any evidence his father, other than some of his personnel moves, felt as he did until later in his presidency. IMHO, GWB's selection of Magaw in the first place, sent those paying attention a pretty solid early message.