dustind
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I got this from www.awbansunset.com
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/28/MNGQK7D4RU1.DTL
Sounds like Feinstein has essentially given up all hope of getting the ban renewed before it expires, saying she is "looking toward November's elections to produce a president and a House leadership more supportive of gun control."
The article then goes on to say...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/28/MNGQK7D4RU1.DTL
Sounds like Feinstein has essentially given up all hope of getting the ban renewed before it expires, saying she is "looking toward November's elections to produce a president and a House leadership more supportive of gun control."
The article then goes on to say...
For Bush, the fading chances that the ban renewal will reach his desk is good news, said Richard Feldman, a lobbyist for gun manufacturers.
"It would be close to his political death if he signed it before the election,'' he said, because gun rights supporters would take it out on him at the polls, probably by staying away rather than voting for Bush's Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who voted for the ban's renewal.
"Come January, it's a different story. Then, if he's re-elected, he'd be forced to sign the bill, if he gets a clean one that just contains an extension of the existing law,'' Feldman said.