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No ban on guns; focus on enforcement instead

Q: Your views on gun control?

A: My views are pretty much in line with the governor's. I grew up under some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.

Q: Should people have access to buy assault weapons?

A: Society should draw lines. What do you need an assault weapon for, if you're going hunting? That's overkill. But I don't think that means you go to a total ban for those who want to use gun for skeet shooting or hunting or things like that But what's the point of passing gun laws if we're not going to enforce them? If you want to talk about gun control, that's where you need to start. We've got 300 gun laws on the books right now. At the end of the day, it's about how we enforce the law.

***I would hope FReepers would take a minute to read the whole story, and not just cut and paste what pleases them.***

It's obvious that he's not a gun owner, nor is he a gun hater. He needs some positive education, but he is not anti guns or RKBA.

His statements indicate, plainly, that he thinks that Americans should not own “assault weapons” (which are in reality just semi-auto mag fed firearms”. He also subscribes to the historically ignorant, 2nd Amendment origins denying school of thought that the 2nd is about hunting and skeet shooting. He is an elitist, plain and simple.

I cut and pasted his own words. I hope that Freepers take an hour and read the whole story, i.e. the Federalist Papers, the papers of the anti-Federalists, and the Constitution of our United States. Steele is no friend of the Second Amendment to our Constitution.

"It's obvious that he's not a gun owner, nor is he a gun hater. He needs some positive education, but he is not anti guns or RKBA."

Ok I agree but do you think someone like Sarah Palin needs education on Weapons? Christ first McCain now Steele Why wasn't there some poling or Questioners sent out?

Actually, for someone who knows very little about Michael Steele, that was my thought when I read this. I think he only goes on what he knows, and he clearly doesn’t understand the reasons people own guns or the mindset of many of them.

But I think he sounds like a bright guy and if he is going to play on the national stage, especially as a conservative, then he needs to understand gun rights and ownership better than he does.

He must have been a military brat, being born on Andrews AFB, only a mile from the last duty station I lived at as a dependent (at Cheltenham (NAVCOMSTA Washington) so he has that going for him in my mind as well.