How about THIS rumor! When the AWB was about to "sunset", President Bush announced that he would sign an extension of it, or a new AWB, if it reached his desk.
Well, from a RELIABLE source, Bush privately explained to several aides and cabinet members that he DIDN'T want to see any such legislative documents on his desk! Bush supposedly said that there are enough gun laws already, and that the AWB had not been effective....and that "guns will NOT be an issue". If you care to look back to the days after the AWB "sunset", guns were actually almost a NON-issue point, and on BOTH sides of the aisle.