Rick Perry on the Supreme Court Justices on Guns
BY Herschel Smith
12 years, 11 months ago
From the Desmoines Register:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed today that if he is elected president he will only appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices who support the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.
Asked his stance on the issue during a town hall meeting with about 60 people at a Pizza Ranch in Manchester, Perry said he has a “real clear” position in favor of gun owners, and he used the occasion to attack President Barack Obama. The man who asked the question was wearing a National Rifle Association baseball cap.
“When I look at some of the issues that this administration is dealing with, it’s clearly in conflict with what most Americans believe in from the standpoint of what our Founding Fathers meant when they wrote the Constitution,” Perry said. “This isn’t about a militia. This is about the private citizens of this country.
“I happen to believe it’s our constitutional right and I will put Americans on the Supreme Court who will understand the strict construction that says Americans have the right to bear arms, and may it always be so,” Perry said.
This is a very basic expression of his view of the second amendment, and it dovetails with his previous sentiments. However, I prefer basic and solid to pedantic and vacillating. See Mitt Romney’s views on the second amendment in Mitt Romney on Gun Control.
On December 20, 2011 at 2:14 pm, Sando said:
This post answers the question I had after reading the Romney post re: who you would support. I’m an NRA Life Member but I’m an American first. I will support and vote for the Republican nominee, whoever it may be. Defeating Obama is the top priority.
On December 20, 2011 at 2:18 pm, Herschel Smith said:
I guess that’s in line with Glenn Reynolds’ Syphilitic Camel Rule.
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/133797/