Put away the tinfoil hat - combining the AWB and fiscal cliff fixup is likely to happen. If the dems manage to get an AWB then they'll get pounded into dust at the midterms. I'm a swing voter and I know which way I'll swing next time. Party line dem voters don't choose the direction of the county, netiehr do party-line repubs. It's swing voters like me that will switch sides based upon the balance of the issues that actually make the choices. If the republicans get a veto-proof majority at the midterms then look for an attempt to repeal or water-down the AWB. If they get the house, senate and oval office in 4 years then look for the same. This doesn't mean the end the second amendment, but I think you know what it DOES mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBml1XZDg3w