Oh hell, here we go again.
Rusty in Texas is right, except he didn't go far enough.
Bush *asked* for a shall-issue bill, gladly signed it the moment it hit his desk, gladly signed a nice little "fix-it package" a couple years later that eliminated some restrictions, and then recently signed a bill eliminating local lawsuits again the gun biz.
I don't give a rat's rear end what he thinks he needs to SAY in order to get elected. He probably DOES need to come out with a bit of grabber-sounding BS although the wise reader should note where stuff like the "full auto ban" is concerned, it's a smoke screen.
Y'all also need to realize that the NRA's strategy this year is to "stall" all new legislation with cries of "enforce existing law". And yes, long-term those laws need to be gutted so as a long-term strategy, the Bush/NRA plan is bad...but as short-term tactics, it's *inspired*, it embarasses and frustrates the REAL grabbers no end.
Guys, Bush is either going to be in office this year, or we're going to see fighting in the streets within a decade. No joke. Let Bush pick at least one or two new Supremes before Emerson blows through, we get the 2nd recognized as an individual right, and boys, the whole thing starts turning around.
Put Gore in there, Emerson pukes and dies, we get a strong anti-RKBA ruling from the Supremes and eventually, we're looking at civil war.
If that's what you want, cool, flame Bush up one side or down the other.
But if you've got half the brains God gave a WWF fan, you'll get down on bended knees and thank the almighty that LaPierre, Heston and company are the craftiest, sneakiest SOBs ever to lead the RKBA fight, and tht Bush ain't very far behind 'em.
It all culminates this year.
Jim March
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