[Let's Roll]

Could you give a source for this - as I’m getting tired of hearing what a gun grabber Romney is.

Thanks.

[BGHater]

As governor, Romney signed a 2004 measure instituting a permanent Massachusetts ban on assault weapons, to take the place of a federal assault weapons ban, which was then about to expire. The bill made Massachusetts the first state to enact its own such ban, and Romney supported the law with the comment: “These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.”

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/07-01-2004

[claudiustg]

Here you go:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832674/posts

[JohnnyZ]

To the best of my knowledge, Romney has never backed down from his support of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.

After the Va Tech shooting, he was asked point blank whether he supported or opposed a new Federal AWB.

He ducked the question.

MKH [Mary Katharine Ham]: Now, you supported an assault weapons ban in Massachusetts. This tragedy is being used to push the renewal of the federal assault weapons ban. What would your stance be if that comes up again?

MR [Mitt Romney]: Well, you know, the weapon used here was not an assault weapon, so I’m not sure what the relevance is. And, that’s what we have to recognize. The people who want to remove Second Amendment rights will look for everything they can. You know, if there’s a weapon that puts our police at risk, like machine guns, of course, then that’s something I would, of course, consider. But, look, we’ve gotta fundamentally recognize the need to protect the right to bear arms and the fact that there are people who are trying to remove that right inch by inch, and we’re gonna have to defend against that. link