What does Jude mean ?
If you are asking if we will control the house on Sept. 14, 2004. The answer is a huge yes.
Redistricting is in our favor. Anti-Gun states such as New York are losing seats and Pro-Gun states such as Florida, Arizona, etc...are gaining seats. New York is notorious for producing Anti-Gun trash. No offense to GB, et al. But, a couple of NY Congressmen will be looking for new jobs come next January. They have lost 2 seats regardless of how the election goes. Florida will also gain 2 seats. I heard the Rep. Leg. will be creating new congressional districts in Seminole County and Little Havana.
Seminole County is on our side. Little Havana is Republican. But, that is about as far as they go. The only upside from giving Little Havana another district is that we will have 1 more Republican in Congress albeit a Gun Grabber in the image of Ros-Leithen and Diaz Balart.
Also, we are supposed to be eliminating a district in Palm Beach. I have my fingers crossed that either Duetsche or Wexler will be looking for a new job due to redistricting.
The ban will sunset Sept. 14, 2004. Election Day is Nov. 2, 2004. The ban sunsets 1 month and 2 weeks before the 2004 election.
BTW, Bush did not say he would renew the 94 AW Ban. He said he would sign any ban on juvenille possession of AWs. Hell, even John "The 2nd is an Individual Right" Ashcroft voted to make Juvenille Possession of AWs illegal when he was in Congress.
From what I can tell our best chance is in the House. The Senate has yet to see a new law it doesn't like. It will be even worse with the likes of Elizabeth "Who Needs An AK-47" Dole in office.
I may be the only one here who believes Bush wouldn't sign a Genral AW Ban. He might sign a more limited version, though. I see this as about the only chance they have to renew it. Any new bill will have to be restrictions rather than an outright ban to be passed. For example, if they required you to be 21 to buy an AR-15, AK-47, etc...or if they created a waiting period to buy AKs, etc...But, a general ban such as we have now has a snowballs chance in hell of getting out of the House. I believe the Democrats if they are smart enough will write a new bill that would be more likely to pass.
Any new bill would likely contain:
1) Further Import Restrictions. If that is even possible. Importing Guns has pretty much been made illegal since laws and regs. were passed in 1968 (MG Import Ban), 1989 (AW Import Ban), 1990 (922(r)), 1998 (Ban on all Hi-Cap Imports), and 2000 (Barrel Bans).
2) Possible New Lisence for Dealers who sell AWs. This would effectively make it harder to find AR-15s and AK-47s since many dealers who carry only an occassional AW would simply not carry or Transfer any more AWs.
3) Possible increase in the age to buy an AW from 18 to 21.
4) A New Hi-Capacity Magazine Ban.
The provisions that make it illegal to use an AW in a violent crime won't sunset. So, it is unlikely that the AW Ban will be renewed. But, I can see the Hi-Capacity Ban be renewed.
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Do you think we will still be in control of the house when it comes time to Jude the 1994 AWB?
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