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Romney Still Dancing Around Gun Control

I've already dismissed Mitt Romney from my list of possible candidates I would vote for because of his history of ardently supporting gun control. Even as little as a month ago he was making excuses about his position.

At the CPAC meeting last weekend he had the audacity to attack Rudy Giuliani for his support of gun control. Interestingly, while Giuliani has recently said he would not support a new "assault weapons ban," Romney has not. Philip Klein of the American Spectator called him on it:

PK: If it was something like the '94 [AWB] bill...

ROMNEY: I have indicated that my position is the same as it has been which is I support the Second Amendment, but I also support (an) assault weapon ban, that's why I signed a bill of that nature. That's what I said back in '94. I'm in the same position that President Bush is. President Bush also says he supports the Second Amendment, but he would support an assault weapon ban. But the specifics of the particular ban are something that I'd have to look at, and it's been a long time since we've looked at the particular types of weapons that might be involved. So my position is the same there as it has been before...