I don’t much care what positions someone might have taken on guns, 15 or 20 years ago.
Provided that he’d come out since, admitted he was wrong, and taken correct positions.
Has Newt changed his position?
In 2011, Newt said: “The right to bear arms is not about hunting. It’s not about target practice ... The right to bear arms is a political right designed to safeguard freedom so that no government can take away from you the rights that God has given you, and it was written by people who had spent their lifetime fighting the greatest empire in the world and they knew that if they had not had the right to bear arms, they would have been enslaved. And they did not want us to be enslaved. And that is why they guaranteed us the right to protect ourselves. It is a political right of the deepest importance to the survival of freedom in America.”
Which certainly sounds like he’s changed his position - at least rhetorically. The question is, is he lying?
Perry, strong 2nd amendment Gov. has always been pro gun. Gov. Perry for President