[MarkL]

John 'Benedict Arnold' Ashcroft. Pro-Second Amendment my a@@. Sure glad GORE didn't win. Congratulations, ssssuuuuccckkkkerrrrssss

I disagree... I've followed John Ashcroft's career for many years, and I know that he's a man of very strong convictions. As he plainly stated during the "lynchings" that were his confirmation hearings, he would uphold laws that he personally disagreed with. He's doing his job, something that the DemonRATs could never fathom. Imagine, actually doing something that you've sworn you would, as opposed to trying to figure out ways around it. I would suggest that AG Ashcroft is doing his job, and probably following orders from above. Again, he swore to do the job.

Mark

[Rowdee]

Of course, if he had strong convictions, he'd not have taken the job because he would have know issues like this and abortion would be on the burners during his tenure.

[Eagle Eye]

It could be, too, that Ashcroft is going to to too good of a job presenting the anti-gun case in that if her were to really present the entire antigun perspective, it may look as ridiculous to EVERYONE as it does to us.

And this is coming from one who has repeatedly stated that the gun owners would be the first bone thrown to the Libs. I was wrong on that, as the CFR showed us that the 1A was the first to go, not the 2A.
(Dang it feels funny to defend this administration!)

[wcbtinman]

re:post 16

Ashcroft also swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, and has publicly stated that he believes in an individual right to KABA. Was he lying then or is he lying now?

Don't forget that Ashcroft is also continuing the prosecution of the Emerson case, with the same clinton appointed attack dogs who originally said that citizens have no "right" whatsoever to keep and bear arms.

They can't use the USvMiller argument here, as "Assault rifles" have demonstrated their usefullness and their intended purpose, the defense of the country.

[Quila]

Imagine, actually doing something that you've sworn you would, as opposed to trying to figure out ways around it. I would suggest that AG Ashcroft is doing his job,

We're thinking alike. Any doubts I had about Ashcroft are starting to evaporate. He is apparently a man of his word, too rare in D.C.

[Tuor]

I would suggest that AG Ashcroft is doing his job, and probably following orders from above. Again, he swore to do the job.

He swore, I believe, to uphold the Constitution. Any law which restricts the right of the People to keep and bear arms is unconstitutional. Thus, Ashcroft is *not* doing his job as US A-G.

Did you also give Bush a pass when he signed the blatantly unconstitutional campaign reform bill, you know, the one that curtails free speech near elections?

Tuor