Don’t worry. The same Cainites who apologized and excused his enthusiastic support for TARP will find ways to excuse this.
Oh well.
So long, Mr. Cain.
This joker has just HUNG himself. Now watch as RINOs begin to support him. And will the “you don’t like him cause he’s black” card be played soon?
Not good news.
Have to disagree. The original states came into the union with the police power, and the newer states obtained these rights as they came into the union. Texas was a truly sovereign power when it agree to annexation. Libertarian notions of individual rights do not here apply. The exception would be that no state ought to be able to deprive an owner of his weapon without due process. No state can invest a policeman with the same authority that is enjoyed by a French or a German policeman.
Selective editing is the same thing as outright lying. Funny that we are starting to to see supposed "Conservatives" engaging in the same slime bag tactics of the Establishment Democrat Media machine.
Cain: "I am a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment and oppose any onerous legislative attempts to restrict those rights".
I’ll wait for his response. His statement raises concerns, but he can answer that the Second Amendment permits only very limited controls, and that these should not be the jurisdiction of the Federal government.
Which would be to advocate ending the machine-gun “ban” and all federal background checks, not to mention federal excise taxes on guns and ammo.
Cain is one of the most conservative candidates in the field but he makes mistakes that a professional politician wouldn't make. He slips up then goes back, studies and corrects himself. If you want a professional politician who can slither out of any question go right ahead and vote for one. But don't lie about the guy you don't like.
Only one person wins in the conservative circular firing squad, and he can't keep straight the number of states in the U.S. and the number of countries in the Organization of Islamic States.
I really WANTED Cain to do well. But the more I hear him speak, and pop off with blustery answers; many of which are cross-wise of what most Conservatives believe, I have been mildly repulsed. In fact, in some respects he strikes me as a “sexual intellectual”.....an Effin’ Know-it-all! Too bad. I guess Sarah sets the bar so high.......
If inalienable rights aren’t portable they aren’t inalienable.
Cain supports states-rights. That is how this country was formed. Cain is absolutely correct and he does not want the right to own guns infringed by ANYONE. I personally am glad that my state (NJ) does background checks before issuing a gun permit because I truly only want law abiding CITIZENS to have guns. I do wish my state would allow carry and concealed though for all registered owners.
Oh, by the way, Cain said he “owns six guns and that ain’t enough.” Dimowits are one issue voters (abortion) and I didn’t think I’d see such hatred here for a good man like Cain.
Actually, he’s right in a way. This is because there is more to guns than just personal ownership.
Right now, States are asserting that guns and ammunition *manufactured* in their State, and solely for use in their State, are outside of federal jurisdiction.
“States or local government [should] be allowed to control guns.”
At the State level, for example, there should be regulations that guns and ammo must be made to some quality standard, so they don’t blow up and injure the user. There are also regulations that guns cannot be sold to felony criminals and the insane. Likewise, States and municipalities can determine where shooting is permitted or prohibited for safety reasons. Owning is not the same as using.
There are also rules for the safe storage of ammo, and its proximity to compressed gases, solvents and fuels, paints, etc. States might even set up proper disposal rules for discarded guns and ammo.
Perhaps his error is in calling it “gun control”, but the confusion would exist just the same with other expressions.