Replies

When I read his book a couple of years ago, I liked the guy, but thought pretty strongly at that point he wasn’t presidential material. Mostly, I just got the gut feeling he wouldn’t like it and would personalize it when he would inevitably get attacked.

I seem to recall he discussed the 2nd Amendment in his book (or it might have been in interview since then) and my first response was “He has the 2nd Amendment completely wrong. He doesn’t understand it.”

I wrote it off to the sentiment a lot of non-gun owners have, that people should be able to have guns for hunting, but there is no reason for anyone to own a semi-automatic weapon...”

That peculiar combination of points about the 2nd Amendment seems to come up over and over and over again.

It cemented it in me when I saw he said it AGAIN, that there were only two reasons he would say that:

1) He is still ignorant of purpose of the 2nd Amendment (and has not bothered to educate himself...bad sign)

2.) He is a liberal on gun rights. Bad sign.

If, after hearing or reading him saying that a few years back, he educated himself and was able to speak cogently about the subject, I would have no problem. But if he is still saying it and believes it, he isn’t someone I will vote for. I can appreciate him as a surgeon and general human being, but I am not going to safeguard my rights by voting him in, because he either doesn’t understand them, or will not work to safeguard them.