[Old Retired Army Guy]

Contrary to false statements of certain social media, Carl Rove DID NOT advocate repeal of 2nd amendment. All he did was state the obvious that laws against guns are not effective against idiots who are intent on killing innocent people. His statement about the 2nd amendment was nothing more than an observation that it wil never happen. You may not be a Carl Rove fan, but let’s not distort what he said.

[snoringbear]

Agree. Rove wasn’t advocating that the 2nd Ammendment “should” be rescinded. He merely state the fact that in order to eliminate private ownership of firearms the constitution must amended. And, that ain’t gonna happen anytime soon.

[DugwayDuke]

Ready comprehension is not a well developed skill on free republic.

Evidently, the ability to use the search function is poorly developed too. There are multipe threads on this.

[Old Sarge]

So Rove didn't say this:

I mean basically the only way to guarantee that we will dramatically reduce acts of violence involving guns is to basically remove guns from society, and until somebody gets enough “oomph” to repeal the Second Amendment, that’s not going to happen.

[Servant of the Cross]

You give Rove too much of the benefit of the doubt. Here was his exact response to Chris Wallace in the interview ...

Now maybe there’s some magic law that will keep us from having more of these. I mean basically the only way to guarantee that we will dramatically reduce acts of violence involving guns is to basically remove guns from society, and until somebody gets enough “oomph” to repeal the Second Amendment, that’s not going to happen.

This is a guy who would support the repeal of the 2nd Amendment and only wishes he had enough "oomph" to do so.

[dead]

I agree with you. I'm no fan of Karl Rove but this dopey spin on his comments was dreamed up by leftwing websites to froth up conservative rage for fun. Too many people let the media spin them.

Hate Rove for his many sins against conservatism if you like, but this is not one of them.

[Reno89519]

I’ve watched the video and it is very clear that he suggested the only way to end gun violence was by repealing the 2nd amendment. With all the reporting on this, he has not issued a correction so I think we are all safe in concluding this is want he meant to say.

[fortheDeclaration]

Associating the 2nd Amendment with gun violence shows Rove's mindset.

It isn't about the guns!

[Hawthorn]

>> let’s not distort what he said <<

Oh, c’mon. Don’t be trying to take away our fun!

[Sherman Logan]

Wow, somebody who actually read what he said and understood it.

I’m very impressed!