Did he say that college grads needed jobs so they wouldn’t need guns? Something like that?
My rebuttal would be "Why not?" Are we not designing the best possible weapons for our soldiers to use in defending themselves? Sure, soldiers embark on offensive operations too. But are not these the very best weapons we can conceive of for someone in a dangerous situation? If you're confronted by several attackers do you want a semi-automatic sidearm (a-la the Colt 1911) or a flintlock? If a gang of thugs bent on harm, riot and destruction approaches your business, person, employees, and customers do you want a muzzle loader or a semi-automatic AR with a 30 round magazine?
The entire notion of some government flunky deciding what we need or don't need is not only ludicrous it flies in the face of the 2nd Amendment. Remember this simple fact:
The 2nd Amendment does not grant anyone the right to bear arms. It guarantees the government will not infringe upon our inalienable right to keep and bear arms. No one needs to demonstrate a need to keep and bear a particular kind of arms any more than they need to demonstrate a need to use certain words protected by the 1st Amendment.
Apparently, Mr. Romney thinks it is illegal to own an automatic firearm. Not very good on the 2A issue, and did a poor job of explaining Fast & Furious also.
Romney showed a complete ignorance of guns as well. Fully automatic weapons are illegal in this country? I didn’t know that... when did that happen?
Crowley was distracted by trying to find her lost ham sandwich