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.
*Sigh*... Sadly Gater, they ain't gonna listen to you- Having just overturned the moderates, they're more than content to replace them ...with more moderates.
I can guarantee you that any big "C" Conservative would never have uttered those words. Steele is also soft on the Pro-Life issue, and his ascension heralds nothing new in the direction of the Republican party- It is more of the same.
With Republican registration down to 26% in this country Steele's first concern is to gain a seat in New York and New Jersey, when he should rightly be wondering how to get all the red states comfortably back in his pocket...
I had hopes of a return to Reagan, but it is not gonna happen in the Republican party. Their fate is now sealed.