Clinton changes handgun position

The Billings Gazette ^ | May 31, 2008 | JENNIFER McKEE

[george76]

Registry not appropriate for all states.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton told Montana reporters Friday that she no longer favors national handgun registration and licensing, even as she supports such measures in her adopted state of New York.

"What I came out for was the New York law," the U.S. senator said in a noon conference call Friday. "I don't think there is any contradiction between defending Second Amendment rights and trying to keep guns out of the hands of" criminals and the mentally ill.

In 2000, as she was beginning her campaign for senator from New York, Clinton came out as first lady in favor of licensing and registering of all new handguns sold in the United States. She also supported a bill that would create a registry of all guns sold in the U.S., along with requiring buyers to get a license and undergo a background check.

Clinton said Friday that guns are "reaping all kinds of damage" in some parts of the country and that governments there ought to be able to license and register handguns if it makes streets safer.

But she said such laws may not be appropriate in Montana.

[Clemenza]

Clinton said Friday that guns are "reaping all kinds of damage" in some parts of the country and that governments there ought to be able to license and register handguns if it makes streets safer.

This was Rudy Gool-iani's position as well: leave Montana alone, but allow NY and NJ to continue their fascistic infringements on the rights of gunowners.

[Clemenza]

I’m in one of the yellow states, where it should say May Issue (in a thousand years).

[MileHi]

I'd have to think about that. No question though that welfare checks that forced fathers out, and increased with successive bastards, have created generations of uncivilized urban predators.

[Lancey Howard]

She also supported a bill that would create a registry of all guns sold in the U.S., along with requiring buyers to get a license and undergo a background check.

Hahahahaaa! The Canadian model is a good one to look at! (snort)

[Nachoman]

Clinton said Friday that guns are "reaping all kinds of damage" in some parts of the country...

And in the hands of law-abiding citizens, they're doing a bang up job of cleaning the gene pool.

[P8riot]

I do both at the same time

[editor-surveyor]

"She wants us disarmed and at her mercy."

As do at least 350 other members of congress.

[Gilbo_3]

you forgot to include 'ya know' at least 15X...

only naive nanny-state-ninnies could give a demonRATS-ass what this bitch has to say...

Apologies to all female dogs in the animal kingdom...

[Liberty Valance]

Beware the Pander Bear!

[Liz]

Why should Guiliani worry-—he’s got bodyguards to protect him.

The rest of us are on our own.

Can’t think of anything scarier than walking NY streets knowing criminals are toting guns that nanny government says law-abiding citizens are not allowed to have.

[Myrddin]

She's a gun grabbing politician on the campaign trail. She will say anything to get elected. Her voting record is a far more useful measure of what she really believes.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks geo. Hillary (like Kerry before her, in his case regarding gay “marriage”) has just gone states-rights.

[Still Thinking]

"What I came out for was the New York law," the U.S. senator said in a noon conference call Friday. "I don't think there is any contradiction between defending Second Amendment rights and trying to keep guns out of the hands of" criminals and the mentally ill.

While acceptable if taken at face value, if we were to do what she advocates, there would be nothing but their commitment to the Constitution to keep pols from trying to take our guns away, and I'm not willing to give them that much rope. Relying on pols loyalty to the Constitution is like trusting a mouse to dislike cheese.