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Spin Zone / Re: Foreign policy positions, as if they mattered
« on: October 13, 2016, 02:40:52 PM »Weld called AR-15s "weapons of mass destruction."
No thanks.
Sigh. Yeah, Weld was being a doofus. And Johnson could have been a more serious contender in Utah if he hadn't screwed up on religious freedom. But I'm going to throw away my vote as I have done before and vote for them. I just think of the application of political principles as a form of engineering, not a form of mathematics.
As to Weld's position on gun rights, it isn't clear what he believes, given this statement from him:
"I am a lifelong hunter and gun owner. In 1993, however, as Governor of Massachusetts, I went along with some modest restrictions on certain types of firearms. I was deeply concerned about gun violence, and frankly, the people I represented were demanding action. Sometimes, governing involves tough choices, and I had to make more than a few.
Today, almost 25 years later, I would make some different choices. Restricting Americans’ gun rights doesn’t make us safer, and threatens our constitutional freedoms. I was pleased by and support the Supreme Court’s decision in the District of Columbia vs. Heller -- a decision that embraced the notion that our Second Amendment rights are individual rights, not to be abridged by the government."
From: http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/21/william-weld-responds-to-libertarian-par
But Snopes says "Overall, both candidates on the Libertarian ticket have expressed unequivocal support for gun rights.":
http://www.snopes.com/gary-johnson-automatic-weapons/