Are any Republican presidential hopefuls really supportive of the 2nd Amendment?

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And what Democrat appointed ambassador wouldn't sign the UN treaties on international gun control, exactly?
 
McCain sucks. Rudi is anti. Romney I don't trust on this issue.

Of the "contenders", I'm leaning towards George Allen. My top choices are Mark Sanford or Mike Pence if they run. Tom Tancredo is pro-2a as well if he runs.
 
Non that are electable to the general populus. The best bet for the Republicans winning in 08, would be a moderate like McCain, or Guiliani. But since I don't see either one of them getting the nomination, it looks like the Dems will have the best chance in winning. Gun owners can hope for is a moderate Democrat, like Richardson or Warner winning the Democrat nomination. But I don't see that happening either. It might be best to just bury your guns in 09.
 
NONE!

We know the Democrats are almost universally in support of strict gun control
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Everyone is for gun control, other wise everyone could carry without permits and we could have automatic weapons.
 
Condi won't be the Presidential candidate....but she would probably be the best one on the 2nd Amendment.
Romney may look good on the ticket as a VP...but he won't make it on the ticket as President. I THINK he is pro 2A....but not sure to what extent.
 
Isn't Romney the Governor of Massachussetts?

How pro-2A can he be?

I will emphatically state I will vote for no one who has ever held an office in Massachussetts. If the people of Massachussetts think he is OK to vote for, then obviously he is NOT.
 
Right now, McCain and Guiliani appear to be the front runners for the Republican nomination, but I don't see either being elected, unless they can actually change their stripes and appeal to the conservative Republican voters. It can happen though, since history is filled with politicians who couldn't get elected or reelected since they didn't appeal to their party's base (George Bush in 1992 comes to mind.)

On the Democrat side, its going to be either Gore or Hillary Clinton, neither of which is a friend to gun owners. The left wing of the democratic party is calling the shots right now, so a moderate or conservative Democrat won't have a chance at the nomination. Unfortunately for America, if you think the partisan hatred is bad now (or when Clinton was president), it will definately get worse if either Gore or Hillary is elected.

What I see happening is that Gore or Hillary is nominated by the Democrats and McCain or Guiliani is nominated by the Republicans. The conservative Republicans will stay home or vote Libertarian, and we'll have President Gore or President Clinton the next day :-(

IMHO, what we need to be really, really concerned about is the House and Senate races this year, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Even if Gore or Hillary was elected in 2008, a Republican House and Senate would help to neutralize much of their left-wing agenda. Right now, Dick Morris (who is usually right) is predicting that the Democrats will regain the House and Senate, but he rightly admits that its a long way to November.

I worry more about a Democrat-controlled Congress with a Democrat president.

Warren
 
Hey, you republican 2a types, I understand your concern.

I yam a 2a type myself. Only problem is, I yam not a republican. I never really thought about it, since I yam not a republican, but, yes, ya'll have a real problem. None of you statist republicans can come up with a real pro 2a candidate.

Hey, no problemo, no Democrat candidate will be considered to be a pro 2a candidate either.

You republican and Democrat type pro 2a types are screwed. Yes, I, as a pro 2a type libertarian am also screwed, but at least, I know what is going to happen.

We reap what we sow.

If we live, maybe we will learn.
 
Also, while I couldn't say what he truly believes, Senator Bill Frist has certainly been a good ally in the Senate. His willingness to use a rare parliamentary procedure called "filling the tree" stopped Feinstein's AWB from being attached to a bill in July 2004 and it also helped lawsuit protection pass in 2005. Based on his actions, I think he would stand up for RKBA as President.
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Bartholomew,

Bill Frist is only in anything for himself. He has no balls, nor is he conservative. He voted for the amnesty for illegals, only did anything for us in the Senate when he got a massive shout from the people to do something a specific way, and he generally makes me sick.

Occaisionally I read in the paper that little section where they list how our Congressmen vote, and Frist typically makes me wretch. (Alexander is no better.)
 
Expecting a Politician to tell the Truth is like expecting a Rabid Dog not to bite you....:fire:
 
Romney

Romney is VERY conservative, and he's from a Utah mormon family, not Massachusets.

Before running for governor of MA, he headed the Salt Lake Olympic Comittee after the bribery scandal. He ensured that the games would be successful and profitable, and refused to cash his paychecks for the position until AFTER they games turned a profit.

While I am not aware of any specific policy on guns for him, I do know that he made sure employees of SLOC who had permits were not harassed at work during their jobs prior to the games.

John Huntsman Jr, the current governor of Utah, has a carry permit, and would make a great candidate, but not this election. Look for him in 2012.
 
John Huntsman Jr, the current governor of Utah, has a carry permit, and would make a great candidate, but not this election. Look for him in 2012.
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This brings up a good point - those Governors, Senators and Representatives that actually do care about and protect our 2nd Amendment rights now will be presidential candidates in another 8-12 years.

Warren
 
While I am not aware of any specific policy on guns for him, I do know that he made sure employees of SLOC who had permits were not harassed at work during their jobs prior to the games.
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Concerning Romney, he signed into law a Mass. Assault Weapons Ban in the summer of 2004, which is nothing that Bush Jr. hadn't promised to do on several occasions.
JT
 
None of you statist republicans can come up with a real pro 2a candidate. - cropcirclewalker
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This is the kind of nonsense that starts unproductive food fights. Republicans are not necessarily statists or deserving of pejoratives. They do actually carry the ball for RKBA, many of them libertarian minded and great allies, who would prefer to get elected. Why do LPers have to defecate on so many threads here?
 
This is the kind of nonsense that starts unproductive food fights. Republicans are not necessarily statists or deserving of pejoratives. They do actually carry the ball for RKBA, many of them libertarian minded and great allies, who would prefer to get elected. Why do LPers have to defecate on so many threads here?
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Sorry, Mr. Gun, I didn't mean to set you off.

If you read my whole post you would have seen that I dumped on the whole party in my post, not just the rebuplican wing. I further was not doing pejoratives on all of the republicans just the statist ones.

Was I talking about you? I was unaware if I was.

I guess maybe I am disappointed in the results of their total yards gained in their ball carrying. I woulda thought that we coulda got gca68 repealed by now since all those pro 2a republicans have been in power. Maybe even just mentioning it woulda helped.

Total power. All 3 branches.

If we had elected Badnarik we woulda had more yards gained.

Sorry, I didn't mean to get your dandruff up.
 
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