[Steve Eisenberg]

As MeneMeneTekelUpharsin undoubtedly knows, once a gun control measure is in place, it is very hard to repeal. And repealing the existing "assault weapons" ban is what is being proposed. If the Bush administration lets it be pegged as turning back the clock on gun control, you are just handing the Dems a BIG issue. Then when they get in, it will just go back to the way it is now, at best.

People won't like this, but here is what I think. By running increasingly big deficits, the GOP has already handed the Dems a big issue on a silver platter. Add on what MeneMeneTekelUpharsin proposes, and you are looking at tremendous Democratic gains in congress and President Hillary Clinton come January 2008.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

First of all, if you think we're going to get Democrat votes we haven't already been able to convert, you're deluding yourself. It doesn't matter what you stand for, they're NOT going to vote Republican. Accept it. If you stand up for what is right, some more people with a bit of decency and common sense WILL vote Republican.

Check out this quote from the Yahoo Finance message boards (what it was doing there I don't know).

As for the Iraqis here is the cost of Liberation: 75,000 Iraqi troops KILLED, YES KILLED. They are humans too. Unfortunately, 99% were forced into fighting without surrendering. They had absolutely no weapons that match US technology (Get back to this subject later in the post) 10,000 Iraqi soldiers wounded and or injured. All Iraqi army weapons destroyed.

Especially not the comment They had absolutely no weapons that match US technology. And, that is a LIBERAL posting that diatribe. They KNOW the rifles/handguns we have are no match for the authorities. They KNOW it. So, why do they want them? The Republican party and gun owners must begin their own "Psy-ops" program to educate the public to the value and proper use of rifles and handguns and advocate severe punishment for misuse thereof. Back to you.