Is there any amendment in the Constitution that Newt Gingrich is for? I can’t find one. Probably prohibition, but the bastards repealed that one. We already know he doesn’t believe in the Ten Commandments, so why shouldn’t he trample the Constitution as well? Keep exposing this statist to all of your Fox News friends.
From Gun Owners of America:
Prior to the “Republican Revolution” of 1994, Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia had earned an A rating with Gun Owners of America. But that all changed in 1995, after Republicans were swept to power and Gingrich became Speaker of the House.
The Republicans gained the majority, thanks in large part to gun owners outraged by the Clinton gun ban. And upon taking the reins of the House, Speaker Gingrich said famously that, “As long as I am Speaker of this House, no gun control legislation is going to move in committee or on the floor of this House and there will be no further erosion of their rights.”
His promise didn’t hold up, however, and his GOA rating quickly dropped like a lead sinker to a “D.” In 1996, the Republican-led Congress passed the “gun free school zones act,” creating criminal safe zones like Virginia Tech, where the only person armed was a murderous criminal. Speaker Newt Gingrich voted for the bill containing this ban.
The same bill also contained the now infamous Lautenberg gun ban, which lowered the threshold for losing one’s Second Amendment rights to a mere misdemeanor. Gun owners could, as a result of this ban, lose their gun rights forever for non-violent shouting matches that occurred in the home — and, in many cases, lose their rights without a jury trial.
While a legislator might sometimes vote for a spending bill which contains objectionable amendments, that was clearly NOT the case with Newt Gingrich in 1996. Speaking on Meet the Press in September of that year, Speaker Gingrich said the Lautenberg gun ban was “a very reasonable position.” He even refused to cosponsor a repeal of the gun ban during the next Congress — despite repeated requests to do so.
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2 comments:
Newt is quite the chameleon. As a Washington insider he knows to tell the citizens what they want to hear and changing that tone to suite his audience. A vote for Newt is like voting for Obama. Same ole, same ole.
Vote for Ron Paul for a real change.
I'm POSITIVE that Thomas Jefferson DEFINITELY wanted Americans convicted of non-violent misdemeanors to be FOREVER banned from possessing a firearm. As for Newt, he's a very smart man, but I can picture him on national TV telling Americans there is a new dawn and from now on HE will be telling us how to live. Or else.
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