Fred Thompson has had some rather spotty gun votes in his tenure. To name a few...
Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation gun ban
On September 12, 1996, the Senate passed the Lautenberg gun ban as an amendment to the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill (H.R. 3756). The Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation Gun Ban disarms gun owners for small (misdemeanor) offenses in the home — “offenses” as slight as spanking a child or grabbing a spouse. This lifetime ban, in certain cases, can even be imposed without a trial by jury. It is also retroactive, so it does not matter if the offense occurred 20 years ago. Thompson voted in favor of the amendment.
. Smith “Anti-Brady” Amendment
On July 21, 1998, pro-gun Senator Bob Smith (R-NH) introduced an “Anti-Brady” amendment that passed by a vote of 69-31. The Smith amendment would prohibit the FBI from using Brady background checks to tax or register gun owners. Further, the amendment requires the “immediate destruction of all [gun buyer] information, in any form whatsoever.” Finally, if the FBI disregards this latter provision, the Smith language will allow private citizens to sue the agency and collect monetary damages, including attorney’s fees. Thompson voted against this limitation of FBI registration of gun owners.
Not a major issue for me, but for others...
not a major issue for you because you are a Romney fan, and Romney is anti Second Amendment
Fred Thompson has had some rather spotty gun votes in his tenure. To name a few...
Your other one is “Inside DC” trivia, and as irrelevant as all the other GOA smears you omitted (like pretending that letting a Clinton Surgeon General nomination go to a vote on the Senate floor is “anti-gun.”)
I am rabidly pro gun, and Fred impresses me most by his expression of the principle that gun-control is about authoritarianism.
Certainly, he is better than any President in my lifetime on the gun issue, and he is miles better than any current contender.
Huckabee and Hunter might take solid pro-gun stands, but only Freed has the talent to express the position in a way that can win over people in the middle, making gun rights sound reasonable and non-threatening.
Considering your candidate is gung ho for banning "assault weapons" and says the people don't have the right to own guns made for shooting people --
best you just slink away to your little Mitt fan club.