{"id":6417,"date":"2012-07-18T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2012-07-18T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:25:12","slug":"romney-speaks-on-guns-not-2a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6417","title":{"rendered":"Romney speaks on guns, not 2A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitt Romney<\/a> is attacking Obama<\/a> on guns, but not on 2nd Amendment issues<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney lashed out Tuesday at President Obama for a lack of \u201ctransparency\u2019\u2019 in invoking executive privilege to withhold Operation Fast and Furious documents. \u00a0In a release headlined \u201cTransparent Hypocrisy: Obama\u2019s Fast and Furious Broken Promises,\u2019\u2019 Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said: \u201cPresident Obama\u2019s pledge to be transparent has turned out to be just another broken promise.\u2019\u2019 … \u201cIf we want to talk about transparency, the real issue is why has this president used his presidential power and executive privilege to keep the information about the Fast and Furious program from being explained to the American people?\u2019\u2019 Romney said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fast and Furiou<\/a>s is a big scandal and a legitimate topic of discussion for the candidates. \u00a0While Romney’s record on the 2A is poor, he could have at least mentioned in passing the concern that many in the mainstream have that the operation was set up as a backdoor way of promoting \u00a0gun control.<\/p>\n