I believe that Bush agreed to sign a renewal of the AWB in order to appease the ignorant and that he worked behind the scenes to insure that no AWB renewal reached his desk. In selecting Roberts and Alito I believe that Bush HAS worked toward lifting the infringements on all arms.
From what I have been able to learn, Hunter and Thompson would nominate Supreme Court Justices who understand that the Founders intended NO LIMITATIONS on ARMS whatsoever.
Romney, even if you believe his most recent statements, would be perfectly happy to nominate people who would outlaw weapons of "unusual lethality". It's a recent invention of Romney to suggest that such a category only includes weapons controlled by the National Firearms Act of 1934.
Romney's stated position is now acceptable to me only because the alternative would be worse. But Romney's credibility is insufficient to earn my vote. I haven't a clue what Romney actually believes the Second Amendment protects. I only know that he is saying what he believes is needed to be nominated.
I'm thankful that I never voted for Arnold in Kalifornia, especially now that he has signed several bills which infringe my right to keep and bear arms. There is no way that I would put my self in the position of regretting a Romney vote.
I appreciate your statements. I understand that Fred Thompson is a more comfortable choice, on this one issue.
I’m someone who looks behind every issue. With this particular issue, the banning of the sale of certain types of weapons, I’ve seen the rhetoric is more black and white than the reality, given that there are currently banned weapons, and nobody really seems to be arguing that EVERY armament should be available to the average citizen.
In other words, virtually everybody would find SOME place to draw the line between weapons you could own, and weapons you could not own, even if you could afford them.
If people were arguing that Romney wants to draw that line too far to the left, that would be good debate to have, determining where that line is drawn.
But we rarely can get past the “My candidate is perfect, and Romney is a gun-grabber”, which in my mind completely ignores the reality of the situation regarding drawing that line between permitted and banned weapons.