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President Bush: Here's what I believe, sir. I believe law-abiding citizens ought to be allowed to protect themselves and their families. I believe that we ought to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. That's why I'm for instant background checks at gun shows. I'm for trigger locks. I think that makes sense. Matter of fact, we distributed free trigger locks in the state of Texas, so that people can get them and put them on their guns, to make their guns more safe. I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

But I also believe strongly that we need to enforce laws on the books, that the best way to make sure that we keep our society safe and secure is to hold people accountable for -- for breaking the law. If we catch somebody illegally selling a gun, there needs to be a consequence. If we keep -- somebody, you know, illegally using a gun, there needs to be a consequence, enforcement of the law. And the federal government can help.

There's a great program called Project Exile in Richmond, Virginia, where they focused federal taxpayers money and federal prosecutors and went after people who were illegally using guns. To me that's how you make society the safest it can be, and so, yes, sometimes I agree with some of these groups in Washington and sometimes I don't. I'm a pretty independent thinker. But one thing I'm for is a safe society, and I'm for enforcing laws on the books, and that's what's going to happen should I earn your confidence.

Waffle, waffle. Trigger locks? Raising the age to own guns? Don't you already have to be 18 to legally own a gun? 21 for handguns and "assault weapons? WTF??? Add in the statements made on the Presidents behalf by Scott and Ari, yas... Bush would most certainly resign the AWB in any ofrm that makes it to his desk.