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Clinton changes handgun position
The Billings Gazette ^ | May 31, 2008 | JENNIFER McKEE

Posted on 05/31/2008 7:41:50 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at billingsgazette.net ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Montana; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2008; banglist; clinton; corruption; democratparty; democrats; election; elections; guncontrol; gunvote; helena; hillary; hillaryclinton; mt2008; rodham; secondamendment
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1 posted on 05/31/2008 7:41:50 AM PDT by george76
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This nutcase will say whatever she thinks fits the listener.
She wants us disarmed and at her mercy.


2 posted on 05/31/2008 7:45:42 AM PDT by mefistofelerevised
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To: george76

Gun laws are not pick and choose. Same standard should apply to all 50 states. RBKA is a national constitutional right, not a selective state right.

Not a pick and choose topic Hillary. No compromise.


3 posted on 05/31/2008 7:46:09 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: george76

talk about wanting it both ways. Both her and Obama are abysmal on guns


4 posted on 05/31/2008 7:46:26 AM PDT by conservativefromGa
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To: george76

She was for it before she was against it before she was for it in some cases but maybe not all cases but just possibly in a few cases where people might be okay with them if their government allows it but that was before she had a chance to consider it in the light of recent findings which indicate that in some cases...


5 posted on 05/31/2008 7:46:46 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: george76
she no longer favors national handgun registration and licensing

Somebody actually read a poll on the issue. Imagine that.

6 posted on 05/31/2008 7:47:11 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: george76

So just reading Clintons comments in this article and she basically comes out on 3, possibly 4, sides of the same issue.
She certainly is a POLITICIAN


7 posted on 05/31/2008 7:48:29 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Patriot Guard Riders - Standing for those that stood for us.)
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To: george76

Some states are more equal than others.


8 posted on 05/31/2008 7:49:00 AM PDT by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Oatka

And Washington DC which bans guns is a good example, of how safe the streets are..


9 posted on 05/31/2008 7:50:13 AM PDT by JoanneSD (illegals represented without taxation.. Americans taxed without representation)
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To: george76
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10 posted on 05/31/2008 7:51:26 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/SHOGGOTH '08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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So which is it Hilly, there are only “criminals and mentally ill” in New York, or all of New York is criminal and mentally ill?


11 posted on 05/31/2008 7:51:35 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom ("My advice: Quit supporting the party that is symbolized by an ass." Ted Nugent)
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To: george76
It is the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
You either support the Constitution and back it or you do not.
Why would it be alright for a Montanan to have a gun but not a New Yorker? Why alright for someone that lives in say Nashville but not alright for someone that lives in DC?
12 posted on 05/31/2008 7:51:47 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Patriot Guard Riders - Standing for those that stood for us.)
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To: SECURE AMERICA

The more she and Obama talk, the more hopeful I become that President John McCain will be in office Jan 20, 2009.


13 posted on 05/31/2008 7:52:55 AM PDT by princess leah
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To: george76
The American Picture Dictionary definition of "Suck Up to Voters"


14 posted on 05/31/2008 7:53:34 AM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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Clinton said Friday that guns are “reaping all kinds of damage” in some parts of the country.

I have never seen a gun reap any kind of damage without the aid of a human being.........
So Clinton must mean that in some parts of the Country there are more bad human beings then in others..........


15 posted on 05/31/2008 7:53:55 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Patriot Guard Riders - Standing for those that stood for us.)
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To: george76
Clinton changes handgun position

It's really no big deal - I do it all the time. Change from my right hand to my left hand.

16 posted on 05/31/2008 7:55:01 AM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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To: george76

What exactly does registration have to do with “keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill”? At least if she follows through she won’t be a gun owner. =:-D

McCain ‘08! HE SUCKS LESS!


17 posted on 05/31/2008 7:55:58 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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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.

Ah, there's the kicker, Hillary. Licensing and registering handguns doesn't make the street safer.

18 posted on 05/31/2008 7:57:27 AM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Praise God and pass the ammunition!)
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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.

All the gangsters will be beating a trail to city hall to register their guns right away. How stupid is this woman, or the American public?
19 posted on 05/31/2008 7:58:01 AM PDT by Issaquahking ("What did you do for America today?")
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This lying witch will SAY ANYTHING to get nominated. Would you bank your freedom (under the Second Amendment) and your safety on the veracity of this Marxist witch?

Never in your life.


20 posted on 05/31/2008 8:00:53 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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