2nd Amendment positions in their own words...

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GoSlash27

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The potential candidates from the left:

Clark http://www.issues2000.org/2004/Wesley_Clark_Gun_Control.htm
-Enforce existing laws and close gun show loophole
-Renew ban on assault weapons, & hold gun makers accountable
-Supports ban on assault weapons
-Supports the Second Amendment and uses guns himself
-People who like assault weapons should join the Army

Feingold
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Edwards
-Right to bear arms protected by Second Amendment, with rules
-Hunting is fine, but criminals & kids should have limits
-Guns are about independence-don't mess with that
-Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.

H. Clinton
-Keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them
-License and register all handgun sales
-Tough gun control keeps guns out of wrong hands
-Gun control protects our children
-Don’t water down sensible gun control legislation
-Lock up guns; store ammo separately

Warner
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Richardson (no voting record to point to)
- Supported and approved bill to lessen CC laws in NM. http://www.westerndemocrat.com/2005/04/richardson_taki.html

Biden
- Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
- Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
- Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
- Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
- Voted NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Kerry
-Supports 2nd Amendment, but wants to ban assault weapons
-Supports assault weapons ban & Brady Bill
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.

Bayh
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.

Vilsack (Thin history on the subject.)
-Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology.
-DKos considers Vilsack to be against gun control.

All of this info gathered from Issues 2000. Nothing surprising here. Nobody calling for confiscation of firearms, but all have voted to restrict the right to bear arms.

Now this is where it gets weird...

The potential candidates from the right:

George Allen
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence. :confused:

Haley Barbour (no stance on record)

Sam Brownback
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
-Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Bill Frist
- Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
- Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
- Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
- Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
- Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Newt Gingrich (no stance on record)
- Promised to block all gun control legislation while Speaker of the House.

Rudy Giuliani
-All gun owners should pass written test
-Supports Federal licensing of gun owners Holy Schnikeys!!!

Chuck Hagel
-Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
-Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Mike Huckabee (no stance on record)
-Refused to comply with Clinton background checks
http://www.gunowners.org/news/nws9710.htm

John McCain
-Ban cheap guns; require safety locks; for gun show checks
-Supports ban on certain assault weapons
-Voted against Brady Bill & assault weapon ban
-Guns are a problem, but so are violent web sites & videos
-Punish criminals who abuse 2nd Amendment rights
-Youth Violence Prevention Act restricts guns for kids
-Repeal existing gun restrictions; penalize criminal use
-Voted YES on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
-Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
-Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
-Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
-Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.

Tim Pawlenty (no stance on record)
-Signed law to ease restrictions on CCW.

George Pataki (no stance on record) http://www.gunweek.com/2000/pataki.html
-Ballistic Fingerprints
-Raise the minimum age for the issuance of state handgun purchases from 18 to 21.
-Close gun show loophole
-Ban assault weapons and hi-cap magazines
-Mandatory trigger locks You *sure* this guy isn't Jane Fonda in disguise?

Mitt Romney
-Supports assault weapons bill and Brady Bill

Tom Tancredo
- Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse.
- Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1.


The moral of this story:
The Republican party's stance on the 2nd Amendment is only incrementally different from the Democrats, differing only in how to go about restricting our rights. Some Republicans are so draconian on the subject as to make Feinstein herself blush.
Don't believe the hype. Research each candidate individually and support them or oppose them individually.
 
compassionate conservative (oh wait do they start wars and run up debt?)

And Democrats don't start wars, and run up debt???
John Kennedy, and Viet Nam?
How about John Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs invasion? Congress wasn't even REMOTELY CONTACTED regarding that particular invasion.

And Lyndon didn't run up a little debt? How about Carter? remember 21 % mortgage interest rates?

And speaking of starting a war, didn't about 90% of the Democrats in the Senate, vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq?
 
Gary Connor said:
And speaking of starting a war, didn't about 90% of the Democrats in the Senate, vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq?
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But the President deliberately lied to them, Gary!!! :rolleyes:
 
But the President deliberately lied to them, Gary!!!
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Thought you were serious for a second...almost ripped you a new one!! :cool:

For all the sheeple who get their news from AljazeeraBC news....

The senate had the exact same intel that Bush did. Maybe they all lied to themselves! IMPEACH IMPEACH!
 
Get rid of all of them. Anyone committed strongly to their party - bah! They will say or do anything for party interests and the hell with the country.

Every criticism of the war from the left would be said by the right if a democrat got us into the current mess. None of them have values.

Ok, that was cynical.
 
The senate had the exact same intel that Bush did.
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Bingo.


Quote:
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

Quote:
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

Quote:
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

Quote:
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

Quote:
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

Quote:
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
 
Meyer,
Cynical but true. All the partisans from both sides are merely sheeple. They don't even take the responsibility to form their own opinions, let alone vote in their own best interest.
The good news is the righty sheeple offset the lefty sheeple so that collectively they cancel out.
Unfortunately, that leaves the rest of us to pick between Stalin and Hitler every 4 years....
 
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