{"id":5701,"date":"2012-02-29T20:18:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T01:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2012-02-29T20:18:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T01:18:23","slug":"romney-didnt-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5701","title":{"rendered":"Romney didn&#8217;t listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks back I suggested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mittromney.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5443\">avoid talking about gun issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2012\/02\/romney-says-he-owns-a-gun-but-does-he\/\" target=\"_blank\">He didn&#8217;t listen<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; At a town hall here, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said, in response to a question about gun control, \u201cI have guns myself.\u201d \u00a0\u201cI believe in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\">Second Amendment<\/a>, I\u2019ll protect the second amendment, I have guns myself,\u201d Romney said today at the town hall meeting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capital.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Capital University<\/a>. \u201cNot going to tell you where they are. \u00a0Don\u2019t have them on myself either, alright.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dumb move.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D5701&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5701\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5701\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5701\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks back I suggested Mitt Romney should avoid talking about gun issues. 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