[Cactus Jack]

D$D, I think I have my facts exactly in order.

Those who voted for the bill in the House were doing so because they thought there was never going to be a vote in the Senate. They played political chicken and we lost. Most of the Democrats would never, ever vote for this if it was held today. They thought it was a dead or arrival issue.

Second, the climate in mid-2006 was very different than it is today. It appeared as if we were headed for the culmination of Rove's dream, or my nightmare, a fascist state. Democrats were in massive retreat. If anything, the UIGEA was one of the most visible signs that the neo-cons weere going too far.

Without Bill Frist's evil hand, the UIGEA would never have come up for a vote in the Senate. One man, one hundred votes, in this case. A complete corruption of the process. And notice the man is no longer in office or running for anything.

Go back over the posts here last year. No one thought this had any chance of happening, and it had no chance, except for Frist.

How long has the NRA been fighting a LOSING cause??? The vast majority of people in this country for tougher gun laws. The NRA has 3 million members in a country of 300 million people. They make a lot of noise for a group so small. And who do you guys think pay the bills for the NRA? Could it be S&W, Remington, Colt, etc? And how many overseas manufacturers?

I think we ought to stop knocking the PPA as it is, since it appears to be heading in the right direction. I'd like to see some more effort put into media relations and get the word out in the card rooms. The PPA shouldn't be only about the Internet.

The PPA is a relative newcomer. They are at least getting the national press to call for a quote, which is way ahead of where they were.

CJ