The point is that Romney is doing his best to demonstrate that he is pro second amendment and anti-gun grabber. Those who would challenge his bona fides look like idiots when they whine, "but he's only gone hunting twice! Waaaa!!" If they have a point to make, they should get off the stick and make it: show where or how Romney has demonstrated anti-second-amendment or pro-gun-grabbing beliefs. This whole thing is sickening, another case of morons giving Republicans a bad name by attacking their own for a "SO WHAT??" item.
Feb 18 transcript in which Romney supports banning certain classes of firearms:
Stephanopoulos: Let’s talk about guns. You were supportive of the Brady bill, the handgun waiting period, in the past. You signed an assault weapon ban into law and you said, in the past, “I don’t line up with the NRA.”
Now, you…
Mitt Romney: Well, on that issue.
Stephanopoulos: Now you’re a member of the NRA.
Mitt Romney: Yes, and I know the NRA does not support an assault weapon ban. So I don’t line up on that particular issue with the NRA, either does President Bush. He likewise says he supported an assault weapon ban.
Today we don’t have the Brady bill because we have instantaneous background checks. That’s no longer a operative or needed measure.
But I’m a strong proponent of Second Amendment rights. I believe people, under our Constitution, have the right to bear arms. [Just not “assault weapons”]
We have a gun in one of our homes. It’s not owned by me, it’s owned by my son, but I’ve always considered it sort of mine.
Stephanopoulos: When did you join the NRA?
Mitt Romney: Within the last year and I signed up for a lifelong membership. I think they’re doing good things and I believe in supporting the right to bear arms.
I’ve been a hunter all my life, not frequently, but as a boy, when I worked on a ranch in Idaho, we used to go out shooting rabbits, because they were eating all the barley, and I got pretty good with a single shot .22 rifle, and been quail hunting more recently.
So I’m a hunter and believe in Second Amendment rights, but I also believe that assault weapons are not needed in the public population.
[end transcript]
Does this demonstrate pro-gun-grabbing?
check your freepmail.
Have you not read this thread?
Romney's gun-grabbing history has gotten plenty of play.
Why do you choose to ignore all the posts -- and the article -- that detail Mitt's anti-2A ways?
You don't know what you're talking about.