Gun control is not the answer (OneNewsNow.com)

Gun control is not the answer (OneNewsNow.com)

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Romney: Gun control is not the answer
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 8/17/2012 3:30:00 AM

In the wake of three recent high-profile shootings, a gun rights advocate is pleased that Mitt Romney still rejects calls for stronger gun control.


Romney recently acknowledged that there had been three tragedies in a row: the one near Texas A&M University, another earlier this month at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and the July massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. But he insisted that stricter gun laws are not the answer.
"This is not a matter of the weapon that's used," he declared. "It's a matter of the individuals and the choices these people make. And we have to understand how to prevent those kinds of choices from being made. I don't think gun laws are the answer."
Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America (GOA), says Romney understands that he is running for president -- not governor of Massachusetts.
"Unlike the president, who's a hard-nosed ideologue who just will not budge, I think Romney has been willing to change his views on a lot of issues," Pratt observes. "This is a right-of-center country, and we don't want gun control ... abortion ... homosexual marriage ... higher taxes [or] government pushing us around."
He recalls there was a time when Romney would have stood differently on gun rights. As governor of Massachusetts, for example, he signed several restrictive gun measures. But the GOA executive director believes the Republican's views have changed since then.