[andy58-in-nh]

I do believe that Mitt Romney supports the Second Amendment and I think he is stating his honest opinion that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual one. I have reservations about his willingness to support bans on "assault weapons" because of the purposefully expansive use of that phrase by the gun grabbers. That aside, I would not necessarily hold against him any "nuanced" public position he took while governor of Massachusetts. Those of you who have never lived in the Bay State have no idea how utterly dominant the Democrats are there, especially in the legislature. It makes Maryland look like Idaho. Mitt sometimes just went along to get along because he had almost no legislative supporters to count on, even on simple budgetary matters.

[GingisK]

...arms..."assault weapons"...

"Assault Weapon is a term invented by the press. The military merely calls them "Small Arms". In the Framer's intent, that means "arms".

One either supports the Second Ammendment or one doesn't. You seem to have given way to the liberals' view of "arms" being something one hunts with. It just isn't so.