[oldfart]

"Bush cannot afford to Pi$$ off 5 million voting NRA members.

I can't even remember the times I've heard NRA members say they have no desire or need for assault weapons, that they support a total ban on them. After all, "who needs an AK to hunt deer?"

Unless things get really bad, Bush will carry enough popularity into 2004 to win regardless of how I vote. If he signs an extension on the AWB, I'll either not vote at all or vote Libertarian.

[Shooter 2.5]

The official stance of the NRA is they are fighting tooth and nail to make sure the Bill is sunsetted. I suggest you make sure the people you're talking to are really NRA members.

[sargon]

I can't even remember the times I've heard NRA members say they have no desire or need for assault weapons, that they support a total ban on them. After all, "who needs an AK to hunt deer?"

If I understand you correctly, that assertion is readily refuted by the NRA's yearly member survey, which very high percentages of NRA members respond to.

Those results consistently indicate well over 90% opposition to ANY semiauto (aka assault weapons) ban. Usually around 95% if I recall.

I don't know what NRA members you could be talking to if you say the sentiments are otherwise. Do you live in Kalifornia?