[Travis McGee]

Is he only bound by his word to pass EXACTLY only an extensino of the current AWB?

If a version is passed with more restrictions, such as a total ban on hicap mags etc, do you think he will use that as a reason to not sign it?

[Joe Brower]

"If a version is passed with more restrictions, such as a total ban on hicap mags etc, do you think he will use that as a reason to not sign it?"

Good question. I hope to keep the pressure up in the House and Senate so that we never find out. I wish I could say that I trust GW to do the right thing in this regard, but I can't. Fact if the matter is, I don't trust anyone in politics -- it's just too dirty a business. Us citizens have to bust our bananas to get the best of the lot elected, and then stand on their shoulders to ensure that they behave themselves. Nothing new.

GW should be smart enough to know that no matter what he does that may have some placating effect on the left, it's a false hope. They will hate him no matter what he does, so he's much better off making sure that he continues to please his base. As we well remember, the 11/2000 elections were a very, very close thing.

[Shooter 2.5]

That would be the perfect reason to not sign the Bill. He said he would sign IT if it reached his desk and when he said no more gun control, there's his "out".

[Charles Martel]

Is he only bound by his word to pass EXACTLY only an extensino of the current AWB?

If a version is passed with more restrictions, such as a total ban on hicap mags etc, do you think he will use that as a reason to not sign it?

I've been pondering that question, too. Given Bush's track record, I think he'll sign an expanded ban that hammers high-capacity magazine imports. I don't think he'll sign a broad expansion such as that proposed by Feinstein and McCarthy. Just a hunch, mind you.

Also, did you see the wording that DeLay used? Looky here:

"It is very simple. The votes to expand it aren't in the House," DeLay said during his weekly briefing Tuesday, in response to a question about the ban's renewal.

In this newer statement by DeLay, he appears to have taken a half-step back, leaving room for a compromise.

We need to stress in our letters and phone calls that any compromise which leaves only the existing ban in place (as opposed to further expansion) is NOT acceptable.