I agree, and I amoncerned about a recent quote of RNC chair Steele.
“A: Society should draw lines. What do you need an assault weapon for, if you’re going hunting? That’s overkill. But I don’t think that means you go to a total ban for those who want to use gun for skeet shooting or hunting or things like that But what’s the point of passing gun laws if we’re not going to enforce them? If you want to talk about gun control, that’s where you need to start. We’ve got 300 gun laws on the books right now. At the end of the day, it’s about how we enforce the law.”
Source: Washington Post interview Oct 16, 2006
The Republican Party was not always the party of gun rights.
Henry Hyde, the former House Judiciary Chairman, was hostile to gun rights.