Posted on 11/24/2007 11:44:20 AM PST by Stoat
LADSON, S.C. (AP) — White House hopeful Fred Thompson called his trip down aisle of rifles, shotguns and pistols at a gun show "a day in paradise," and said he wished he could come back to spend more time and money.
It was the former Tennessee senator and "Law and Order" actor's second trip to a gun show since launching his late bid for the GOP nomination in September.
He reached out and picked up an old M-1 Garand rifle and raised an over-and-under Winchester shotgun suitable for the skeet shooting he's been known to do as he made his way through the 200 vendors at The Land of the Sky Gun Show at a fairgrounds just outside of North Charleston, S.C.
"It's a beautiful day in paradise," Thompson said when greeted by one of the people packing the show's aisles.
Thompson was a hit with James Hill, 65, from Summerville. "It's absolutely important to come to gun shows," Hill said. Thompson, he said, wins his support because he's strong on Second Amendment gun ownership rights. "He's right where our strength is."
Anthony DiPaolo, 22, said he wasn't ready to settle on a presidential candidate yet, but said he'd narrowed his field to three Republicans — Thompson, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. "I like Fred Thompson's stance on firearms," he said. "I don't want to see anymore assaults on my Second Amendment rights."
But DiPaolo added that he also liked Giuliani's handling of the terrorist attacks in New York and Romney's "business plan." And, he has doubts about Thompson's ability to win the nomination.
"I just think he got in too late," DiPaolo said.
While mingling with the crowd, someone else mentioned the late entry and Thompson responded that he got in at just the right time.
Republican presidential hopeful and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. visits The Land of the Sky Gun Show Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, during a campaign stop in Ladson, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
Republican presidential hopeful and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. talks to a dealer at The Land of the Sky Gun Show, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, during a campaign stop in Ladson, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
Republican presidential hopeful and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. greets supporters at The Land of the Sky Gun Show Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, during a campaign stop in Ladson, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
Republican presidential hopeful and former Sen., Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. looks down the sight of a rifle while at The Land of the Sky Gun Show, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, during a campaign stop in Ladson, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Looks good to me.
Oh, come on now. He didn't start as early as the others, who broke all records to start early, but "late bid"? Any earlier for this cycle and it would have happened immediately after the last inauguration.
And Hillary looks like -- well, never mind, I don't want to spoil anyone's breakfast.
Come on, now -- hunting is a great tradition, and a hunter ain't gonna bag ;;;;;;;many critters if he they ain't got guns. Of course there are bows and arrows, aren't there?
Oh well, have it your way ....
Uh oh. You said the C-word :)
I took the Big Mew to the Cabelas in Hamburg, PA a couple of years ago for his birthday. Huge, gorgeous, incredibly well-stocked store. (And the lady's room was immaculate.) I almost didn't get Big Mew back.
And note to the guy in the article who's undecided between Romney, Guiliani, and FDT: It's only too late if you vote for a RINO.
Related link...
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OTUS THE HEAD CAT : Thompson’s arsenal impresses NRA; Huck’s shotgun doesn’t
I couldn't agree more. Now go have 2 cookies -- you earned them.
Doesn’t appear he’s too familiar with firearms, if he was, he’d know......keep your finger off the trigger.
Treat the weapon as if it were loaded....all the time.
Did you notice the piece of plastic colored red? That's a tie tie. Fred couldn't have fired the weapon even if loaded without first cutting the thing off first...
All, from my above link: the museum’s legit, but I’m not too sure about the collection. Sounds good, though.
mittfans really ought to think twice before opening their figurative mouths to accuse the opposition of some of the silly things their OWN candidate has done.
Right you are.
I was thinking more of “...the Second Amendment isn’t about hunting...” type of thing. That’s what always gets me about the Libs picking up a shotgun and sitting in a goose blind for an hour and say they support hunting and the 2nd.
“I did say “height-wise.” ;)”
That’s what I get for reading too fast. ;-)
The last Air Force Silent drill team I saw was using them. No bayonet, IIRC. It was about 5 years ago at a Fiesta "venue" called "Hermann's Happiness", in San Antonio. I saw them chamber a round (blank) near the end of the routine, but most of the crowd missed that because it was done pretty slickly, and thus jumped about 3 feet straight up when they fired them. :)
My 80-year-old mom just admitted that she sent Fred’s campain a donation. (I thought it was so cute!)She’s been a lifetime Republican, but there are a few Democrats over the years that she did like. She and my Step-dad(a DINO, by the way)have both mostly voted Republican.
I think she would’ve donated to GWB, if she could have. She likes him a lot, and voted for him twice. She thinks the Democrats have treated him so rotten! My Step-dad thinks like she does, and he is a Democrat, although more of a Zell Miller type! He’s voted for Republicans ever since and including Ronald Reagan. I don’t know who he supports of the Republicans this upcoming election. He’ll support whoever wins, I’m sure.
He doesn’t fool me. Look at him squinting in his off eye as he looks down the sites.
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