[El Sordo]

The AW ban wil not be allowed to expire. Not now, not ever.

It will be kept alive by administrative fiat.

[Travis McGee]

Or vastly deepened and strengthened if there is a major terrorist attack useing "assualt rifles". See #40.

[Kevin Curry]

The AW ban wil not be allowed to expire. Not now, not ever.

Unfortunately, I believe you are right. This is one of those devolutions--like gays in the military--that irreversibly ratches toward liberalism and nanny state decadence. The sheep are too easily frightened into giving up fundamental rights in the name of security, and too easily shamed into embracing immorality in the name of political correctness.

As a practical matter, Bush is powerless to reverse these things.

[Lazamataz]

The AW ban wil not be allowed to expire. Not now, not ever.

Then look for a successful Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2004.