What’s really funny is that I’ve spent the last week carefully answering fellow 2nd amendment supporters. Whenever they complain that Romney supports a ban on “weapons of unusual lethality”, I’ve asked them whether their candidate is pushing to lift the ban on such weapons.
Not ONE Of them have answered the question. Some seem oblivious to the thought that there are weapons that are banned that could be permitted.
But they insist it’s why they won’t vote for Romney.
So far as I can tell, there is NO candidate for president who is pledging to lift the ban on weapons like machine guns. I’d like to see someone bring it up and discuss it, but our “solidly pro-2nd-amendment” candidates aren’t doing it.
Romney’s strong statement in this regard should help him. I hadn’t even thought about the fact that when Bush promised to sign an extension of AWB, he was simply pledging to maintain existing law.
And now Romney pledges to do the same, which means that if there is no NEW AWB ban passed before he takes office, the 2nd amendment folks have NOTHING to worry about.
Sometimes Romney is actually TOO honest. If he had said he didn’t support any ban on weapons, I doubt too many people would have said he was lying because he wasn’t ending the existing ban on machine guns.
But he couldn’t say he didn’t support any ban, because he does support the existing ban on hand grenades and such.
It’s one of the things I like about Romney. When he could have done the easy thing, vetoed the Ma. AWB ban, built up his “credibility”, but left the gun owners in his state much worse off, he chose instead to work with the NRA to pass a BETTER bill. The gun owners won, but he left himself open to the false attacks that he’s a “gun-grabber”.
"Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts. These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people." - Mitt Romney
Romney has publicly expressed is support for the assault weapons ban. (Otherwise known as the ban on semi-automatic weapons that look like the fully automatic military versions, but aren’t really.).
If you supported the AWB,as Mitt did, you are no friend of the second amendment.
You lie when you say, ban on MG's. MG's can be bought and sold.
Whenever they complain that Romney supports a ban on “weapons of unusual lethality”, I’ve asked them whether their candidate is pushing to lift the ban on such weapons.
What is Mitt's definition of “weapons of unusual lethality”?
And now Romney pledges to do the same, which means that if there is no NEW AWB ban passed before he takes office, the 2nd amendment folks have NOTHING to worry about.
The simple fact is, if Mitt is POTUS and congress passes an AWB Mitt will sign it, he has no BALLS to veto it. Mitt has a proven record as Gov. of Mass.