NRA ILA Interviews Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney
Chris Cox, Exec. Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), recently interviewed Gov. Mitt Romney, GOP Presidential candidate. Cox posed a number of questions relating to the Second Amendment and firearms regulations. We recommend that you visit NRAILA.org and read the Full Interview with Gov. Romney.
Here are sample Q&As from the NRA-ILA interview:
Chris Cox: First, let me start with the most basic question of all. In the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, and in the 2010 case McDonald v. City of Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court—by a 5-4 majority—held that the Second Amendment guarantees the fundamental, individual right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. Do you agree that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental, individual right to own and use firearms for all lawful purposes?
Gov. Mitt Romney: Absolutely, and I was pleased when the Court finally rendered a clear and concise decision on this critical issue. The Second Amendment is essential to our free society. I strongly support the right of all law-abiding Americans to exercise their constitutionally protected right to own firearms and to use them for lawful purposes, including self-defense; the protection of family and property; hunting and recreational shooting.
Chris Cox: Obviously, America’s 100 million gun owners are very concerned that their Second Amendment rights hang in the balance at the U.S. Supreme Court by just one vote. President Obama’s two nominees to the Court so far—Justices Sotomayor and Kagan—have a history of anti-gun opinions and activism. And some have predicted that if Barack Obama is re-elected, he may have the opportunity to nominate several more justices to the Court. As president, if you had the opportunity, what type of individuals would you nominate to the Supreme Court? And which of the justices currently serving on the Court would you consider to be the best models of your judicial philosophy?
Gov. Romney: Chris, I believe the next president could indeed have the opportunity to shape the Court for decades to come, and that’s a key reason why the tens of millions of Americans who support the NRA should support my candidacy. My view of the Constitution is straightforward: Its words have meaning. The founders adopted a written constitution for a reason. They intended to limit the powers of government. The job of a judge is to enforce the Constitution’s restraints on government and, where the Constitution does not speak, to leave the governance of the nation to its elected representatives[.]
CLICK HERE to Read Full Interview with Gov. Mitt Romney.
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i wouldn’t trust a thing he sez concerning guns. There was ONE candidate who has supported the 2nd Amendment his whole life. his name is Ron Paul. he didn’t even get to speak at the RNC in Tampa or the NRA Convention in st. Louis. Now the NRA wants us to vote for Mitt Romney!? Ha, may as well vote for Obama. We are in trouble when Mitt Romney is considered the best that gun owners can hope for!
His answer clearly shows his lack of knowledge about the NRA and it’s membership. We do NOT have tens of millions of NRA members. More like 4 million. Roughly 32 % of them residing in Ca.
I should also add that we not forget that Romney supported the Brady Act, among other gun control bills!!!!!
Well,folks you can whine and nash your teeth or you can suck it up and vote the better choice. Mr. Romney was not my first choice but he is the one we have in opposition to Barack Obama who has demonstrated he has no respect for the Constitution or the the law in general. His wealth transfer schemes are going to break this nation and burden your children. He and his enablers are creating an under class that is dependent on government handouts for their existance and he will do whatever he can to abdicate our sovereingty to the United Nations. Is that what you want or do you want a chance to fight another day??? There are less than 60 days to decide.
Tom Alves
I agree with Tom, and will be swallowing the somewhat bitter pill of voting for Romney in November. Do I think he is a absolute conservative, no. Do I think he will do a better job of keeping government out of my life, no. Do I think he will attempt to fundamentally change this country further from its founding principals, no, and that’s why he will get my vote.
If you consider your gun rights as something trivial, by all means, vote for Romney. One needs to look no further than his record on siding with, and voting for more than one gun control bill. I am no Democrat, but will certainly not vote for this clown.
Mr. Stiefel, I completely understand the significance of the Second Amendment and why it is a unique and precious part of our God given rights. The Obama administration and ultraliberal members of Congress have made no secret of their intentions regarding those and other rights so the only course of action that I can see in the short term is to change the administration and remove as many leftists in Congress as possible. We have to think past this election and long into the future. The progressive take over of our Nation has been going on for about 100 years and it will take a long and earnest effort to turn things around. In our weakened financial state the fabric of our society can come apart and those that want chaos will manipulate the situation. If you don’t think that can happen look back to Great Britain when the Pound failed. The British Pound was a reserve currency just like the US Dollar is now. All of our rights are precious and I won’t trade any of them for false security but we usually don’t get optimum choices. May God guide you in your decisions.
TA