GOP To Approve ‘Most Pro-Gun Platform Ever’ At the RNC

[unclejumbo]

This is a total, ‘keep your filthy hands away from my guns’-platform, which will be met with a sigh of relief among conservative voters.

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/08/1407...er-at-the-rnc/

[streaker69]

This is a total, ‘keep your filthy hands away from my guns’-platform, which will be met with a sigh of relief among conservative voters.

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/08/1407...er-at-the-rnc/

I'm really disappointed in you. You had the perfect chance to tie in Charlton Heston and didn't take it.

"Get your hands of my guns, you damn dirty liberal"

[ForwardAssist]

"We support the fundamental right to self-defense wherever a law-abiding citizen has a legal right to be"

I absolutely love the sound of those words.

Sounds like nationwide concealed carry, doesn't it?


http://washingtonexaminer.com/gop-se...rticle/2506043

Leading the changes from prior GOP platforms was a sentence backing the use of deadly force for self-defense. The added sentence reads: "We acknowledge, support and defend law-abiding citizens' God-given right of self-defense."

Also added was language opposing restrictions on ammo purchases and supporting the right of those with state-issued concealed carry permits to cross state lines.

In the section calling on Americans to handle guns safely, the GOP platform adds: "this also includes the right to obtain and store ammunition without registration. We support the fundamental right to self-defense wherever a law-abiding citizen has a legal right to be, and we support federal legislation that would expand the exercise of that right by allowing those with state-issued carry permits to carry firearms in any state that issues such permits to its own residents."

The GOP took advantage in their platform to slap Attorney General Eric Holder and his refusal to dish out more documents on the Fast & Furious gun scandal on the border with Mexico which prompted the U.S. House to rebuke him.

In that section of the platform, delegates added, "We condemn the reckless actions associated with the operation known as 'Fast and Furious,' conducted by the Department of Justice, which resulted in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and others on both sides of the border. We applaud Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in holding the administration's attorney general in contempt of Congress for his refusal to cooperate with their investigation into that debacle. We oppose the improper collection of firearms sales information in the four southern border states, which was imposed without congressional authority."

And the post-Batman shooting in Colorado, which has prompted a renewed interest in gun control and reviving the Clinton-era assault weapons ban, played a role in strengthening the GOP's opposition to a gun ban. The language added reads, "We oppose legislation that is intended to restrict our Second Amendment rights by limiting the capacity of clips or magazines, or otherwise revising the ill-considered Clinton gun ban."

Elsewhere,

"We condemn frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers and oppose federal licensing or registration of law-abiding gun owners."

[unclejumbo]

While it's not binding, it is certainly encouraging. It would be nice to spread the word a bit more buy nobody visits this sub-forum.

[andrewjs18]

the language could of been a whole lot easier and shorter. it could have said something like this: "we support the total abolition of ALL laws and regulations pertaining to the right to self defense of an individual's self, their family and their property. likewise, we also support the abolition of all laws and regulations restricting access to ammunition."

[renalp]

Ooh, strong language. I'm sooo impressed.

Is this supposed to make up for the most anti-gun nominee since Nixon?

[Shadowline]

Ooh, strong language. I'm sooo impressed.

Is this supposed to make up for the most anti-gun nominee since Nixon?

You don't think the very act of publicizing the words increases the likelihood that they will be followed? Any anti-gun thought that crosses Romney's mind after being elected will have to be weighed against this platform. It doesn't guarantee anything, but it certainly will have an impact. (especially in a first term)

[bac0nfat]

I'll be impressed when I hear it from Romney's mouth, and he has a good explanation for why he changed his stance.

[GunLawyer001]

I'm really disappointed in you. You had the perfect chance to tie in Charlton Heston and didn't take it.

"Get your hands of my guns, you damn dirty liberal"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...........myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....... ..........God!"

[renalp]

You don't think the very act of publicizing the words increases the likelihood that they will be followed? Any anti-gun thought that crosses Romney's mind after being elected will have to be weighed against this platform. It doesn't guarantee anything, but it certainly will have an impact. (especially in a first term)

Maybe, but actions speak louder that words. Mitt has already done most of the things that people fear Obama might try in a second term.