Newt is not a RINO. The acronym means Republican In Name Only. Newt is a Reagan Republican. RINOs are people who do not reliably support the Republican Party but masquerade as Republicans for advantage (Bloomberg comes to mind).
Newt on gun control:
http://www.nationalgunrights.org/the-inconvenient-truth-about-newt/
Sorry, but he does not represent the majority of Constitutional, Bill of Rights, FReedom-loving Republican-Americans.