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Romney has said "I support the right of individuals to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution," though in past campaigns he has described himself as a proponent of gun control, and he fully supports a ban on assault weapons.
For Romney's 1994 US Senate campaign, he supported the Brady Bill, which imposed a five-day waiting period on gun sales, and a ban on particular semi-automatic rifles. In a 2002 debate during Romney's campaign for governor of Massachusetts, Romney said: "We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them. I won't chip away at them; I believe they protect us and provide for our safety."
As governor, Romney signed a 2004 measure instituting a permanent Massachusetts ban on military style assault weapons, to take the place of a Federal ban, which was then about to expire. The bill made Massachusetts the first state to enact its own such ban on specific semi-automatic weapons and some shotguns with specific accessories, and Romney supported the law with the comment: "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people." As Governor, Romney extended the term of firearm licenses from four to six years, reinstated a 90-day grace period for citizens renewing their gun licenses, and signed a law providing free replacement licenses.
Romney is such an idiot. A semi automatic simply means that if you pull the trigger the gun will fire and reload the next round. In other word you don't have to cock the gun.
This is the AK 47 semi automatic version.
This is a semi automatic hunting rifle chambered in 308 caliber
The AK-47 round and the .308 round are almost identical. The AK-47 may look scary but the semiautomatic hunting rile equipped with a scope is more is even more deadly
When he supported the Brady Bill in 1994, Romney said, "That's not going to make me the hero of the NRA. I don't line up with the NRA."
Just before declaring his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination for president, Romney sucked dick and joined the National Rifle Association (NRA).[ In 2005, Romney declared the 31st anniversary of the Gun Owners' Action League "Right to Bear Arms Day". Romney made several statements in his 2008 campaign regarding his proficiency with and support for firearms: "I've hunted a number of times, of various types of small rodents." "Shooting rabbits single shot 22 is pretty hard."
Romney is full of crap. When you fire at a rabbit they run if you miss. Squirrels are another story. Romney is lying. He never hunted. A single shot .22 is perfectly suitable for rabbit hunting! "I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. I'm a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms. In our state . . . there are a series of laws restricting gun ownership in various ways. Over the past four years, I've worked very closely with the Gun Owners' Action League here, which is an affiliate of the NRA, and we've made some changes which I think they feel have been positive steps. And so you are going to see that, I think, hopefully, in other states as well, as they make progress, perhaps further than Massachusetts has." "So I'm a hunter and believe in Second Amendment rights, but I also believe that assault weapons are not needed in the public population." Romney later said that he did not 'own' a gun and said that one of his sons keeps two guns at the family vacation home in Utah. The Associated Press reported in April 2007 that Romney never sought a hunting license in any of the four states where he has resided.Romney repliedby saying that he mainly hunts small game in Utah, which he said does not require a license. He lied about that too. Small Game License For Utah It looks like Romney broke the law again or lied or both.
In reality Romney is not a flip flopper. He's simply a run of the mill lying corporate gangster.
UPDATE!
Ruthlessness should be fought with Truthfulness.
So far, Romney not shown he is capable of truthfulness.
LIES in CPAC speech – http://www.amycontrada.com/Rom…
LIED IN LAST DEBATE – ARIZONA – http://www.therightscoop.com/r…
ROMNEY SEVEN DOCUMENTED LIES ON AIR – CNN Jacksonville, FL in front of 5.36 million of viewers.
1. He denied accusing Newt of
exaggerating/lying about his part in Reagan’s administration only three
days before on Monday night in Tampa.
2. He lied about accusing Newt of saying Spanish was a ‘ghetto language’ in an ad that bore his voice.
3. He claimed all his business was run by
a blind trust, a tactic that Mitt himself called ‘the oldest ruse in
the book’ in a previous campaign.
4. He said he voted for republicans in
the past when there was a republican to vote for, but if you look back
at the Gingrich ad exposing his lies, it turns out when George H.w. Bush
and Buchanan were running, he voted for a liberal democrat.
5. He denied the cost of Romneycare to
taxpayers in Massachusetts. “Half of those people got insurance on their
own. Others got help in buying the insurance.”
False. In fact, 98% of the additional
people insured after Romneycare was passed have it paid for or
subsidized by the federal government or Massachusetts government. Of the
412,000 additional people who had health insurance in 2010 who did not
have it in June 2006 (pre-reform), only 7K of the 412K (1.7%) had
unsubsidized health insurance. The rest were covered through Medicaid,
Commonwealth Care, or a program of subsidized care for the unemployed.
6. He denied the impact of Romney care on
citizens of Massachusetts. Romneycare has increased the price of
healthcare premiums for every citizen of Massachusetts. Premiums have
increased by 55 percent since Mitt Romney became Governor, a rate 13
points higher than the national average and the third highest growth
rate among the states.
7. He said he lowered taxes in
Massachusetts 19 times. Yet he raised fees and corporate taxes twice. No
wonder Massachusetts was rated near the bottom (47-49th) in job and
business growth.
PROJECTION – Psychological defense,
typical of liberal left – symptom of psychological dishonesty and denial
– accusing others of one’s own behavior/character flaws
