The assault weapons ban has expired today, so I can get that AK-47 I've been saving up for. Bush claims that he would sign a new ban if only Congress would send him one. Congress, which is, of course, under the control of The President's Own Party, has taken no action on the matter. So Bush can say he is against assault weapons while letting them become legal. I shall now smoothly transition to why you should vote. John Kerry is in favor of the assault weapons ban. He has won the endorsement of police unions in part because of that support. If he becomes President he will attempt to get a new ban through Congress in the face of the opposition of the forces of darkness, in this case, the NRA. How strong he is politically will determine if the ban makes it through Congress. I have been hearing a lot of static about how "it doesn't matter if I vote for Kerry, I don't live in a swing state” But the better Kerry does in the election, the more of his agenda can get through to Congress. There is a great scene in this episode of The West Wing where the President's staffer can kick a Congressmen's ass over a gun control bill because the President got more votes in the Congressmen's district than the Congressman did. So in a year from now when Kerry's guys on the Hill are trying to get all kinds of bills passed, it will really matter that Kerry won by 55-45 in some congressional district rather than 51-49. So get your ass to polls, no matter where you live.
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