Reply #79: Oops, error

[krispos42]

Bush is not a pro-gun as the knuckle-dragging neocons want him to be. He wimped out big time on the AWB in 2004, where he said he would renew the ban if Congress sent it to him. The gun-nuts tried to spin it into a masterful plan of political strategy, but even to a gun-owner like me the argument fell way flat.

And there are more gun laws now than there were a decade ago. Several states such as California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massacheusettes, which combined have about 25% of the US population, have chosen to maintain many or all of the provisions of the AWB, including the somewhat arbitrary high-capacity magazine standard.

I read several gun magazines, and believe me when I say that gun enthusists don't want criminals to have guns either. No sane person does. And they do support and do not bitch about many of the gun laws in effect. There are some that take pretty hard hits in the magazines, such as waiting periods, magazine-capacity limits, 'may issue' (instead of 'shall issue') CCW permits, and the horribly misnamed 'ballistic fingerprinting', but the background checks, internal or external gun locks, and even gun registration don't get bitched about.

Incidently, Hitler was not in favor of private ownership of firearms.

"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" -Adolf Hitler,1935

Look, we've lost enough rights under this proto-fascist BushCo. Let's stop TAKING away rights from people and start restoring them!