Does the President Support the Assault Weapons Ban?

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Does the President Support the Assault Weapons Ban?
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Just a reminder: it's pretty clear the assault weapons ban is bad politics and middling policy. Now that the crime wave of the 1980s and 1990s is largely over, and national news is less focused on crime . Still, it's pretty bad when your President cant say one way or another where he stands. This stuff isn't rocket science like health care policy, or somewhere where you don't want trap yourself for negotiating purposes.

Here's a fun game: try and find a statement has President Bush saying the following words: "I support the extension of the assault weapons ban". Not "we should think about extending the ban" or "the ban is good" but "I want to extend the assault weapons ban", or something that straightforward.

You won't.

Now try and find a statement that "I oppose the extension of the assault weapons ban", or similar unequivocal words. You won't find that either.

Remember, folks, Bush is a man of principle. So principled, in fact, that he's not willing to speak his position on the assault weapons ban.

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Last updated by Nicholas Beaudrot on 05:26 16 February 2005
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Does the President Support the Assault Weapons Ban? Now playing: Avril Lavigne, "Anything but Ordinary"

Does the President Support the Assault Weapons Ban?
Now playing: Avril Lavigne, "Anything but Ordinary"