[Jed Eckert]

Our best bet is with the House.

Agreed

However, if it ever hits the presidents desk, he will sign it.

And then he will become another one termer just like his father. When his father started the original AW import ban then told the NRA to drop dead he pretty much sealed his fate.

I keep reading in various gun newsgroups that GW has said that he will in fact sign the bill if it comes to him but cannot verify this. If someone can find the actual quote please post it.

[Jed Eckert]

Anyone care to place bets that a major AW 'incident' may take place just before some crucial vote?

Or am I just being paranoid?

[supercat]

When his father started the original AW import ban then told the NRA to drop dead he pretty much sealed his fate.

Much as I may disapprove of Clinton's decision to sign the 1994 Personal Safety and Sporting Firearms Use Protection Act, he at least went through the trouble of going through Congress. Bush, by contrast, imposed his restrictions on imported nasty guns, including domestic manufacture of nasty guns from imported parts, all by executive fiat.

Let's hope the son has learned the right lessons from that [i.e. that it's dangerous, not that it's doable].