That's it right there. That's all anyone is saying. I'm all for hunting and home protection. Hell, I'm even for sport and target shooting with handguns, for people who qualify for a license. But no one is ever going to convince me that they need an assault rifle for anything close to home protection or hunting. No private citizen should be able to purchase one.

I'm one of the rare Democrats who wasn't in love with Bill Clinton, but in my opinion his ten year ban on assault weapons was one of the high points of his Presidency. And the world didn't end for the gun lovers in this country, now did it?

Bush should have renewed it.