research from one of mitt romney s fellow republicans. this is research that the john mccain campaign put together to use against mitt romney in the republican primary. it says things like this. in 1994 when mitt romney first ran for senate, he backed the brady bill and the assault weapons ban. as governor of massachusetts, mitt romney upped the cost of gun licenses four fold and promised on the campaign trail to not chip away at gun laws. we do have tough gun laws in massachusetts. i support them. i won t chip away at them. he did not. in 2004 governor romney signed the permanent assault weapons ban in massachusetts. then mitt romney decided to run for president. he started prepping himself for the republican presidential primary and then, of course, things got hilarious on the subject of guns. mr. romney said in a debate with the boston globe, quote, i have a gun of my own. i go hunting myself. to which someone in the room
straight forward opposition research from one of mitt romney s fell le republicans. this is research that the john mccain campaign put together to use against mitt romney in the republican primary. in 1994 bh mitt romney first ran for senate, he backed the brady bill and the assault weapons ban. as governor of massachusetts, mitt romney upped the cost of gun licenses four fold and promised on the campaign trail to not chip away at gun laws. we do have tough gun laws in massachusetts. i support them. i won t chip away at them. he did not. in 2004 governor romney signed the permanent assault weapons ban in massachusetts. then mitt romney decided to run for president. he started prepping himself for the republican presidential primary and then, of course, things got hilarious on the subject of guns. mr. romney said in a debate with the boston globe, quote, i have a gun of my own. i go hunting myself. to which someone in the room
mccain campaign put together to use against mitt romney in the republican primary. in 1994 when mitt romney first ran for senate, he backed the brady bill and the assault weapons ban. as governor of massachusetts, mitt romney upped the cost of gun licenses four fold and promised on the campaign trail to not chip away at gun laws. we do have tough gun laws in massachusetts. i support them. i won t chip away at them. he did not. in 2004 governor romney signed the permanent assault weapons ban in massachusetts. then mitt romney decided to run for president. he started prepping himself for the republican presidential primary and then, of course, things got hilarious on the subject of guns. mr. romney said in a debate with the boston globe, quote, i have a gun of my own. i go hunting myself. to which someone in the room replied, and i quote, excuse me, but isn t that your son josh s gun?
i believe abortion should be safe and legal. i not only talk about prolife, i believe in being prolife. number two, i believe that humans contribute to that. so i think it s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants of greenhouse gases and they won t be significant contributors to the climate change. my view is that we don t know what s causing climate change on this planet. we do have tough gun laws in massachusetts. i support them. i won t chip away at them. i believe they help provide us and provide for our safety. i support the second amendment as one of the most basic and fundamental rights of every american. little montage of mitt romney s journey of self-discovery over the past ten years. getting to know himself. my favorite one, actually, is the climate one because it s only nine months to separate those two statements. we re talking about the base of the republican party and
hear the words from president obama s roanoke speech. we have never had a july like this. there s no doubt that we ve been tough. everybody does it. i understand that. that those are the games that are played. it s just different. potaboth candidates are bein hurt. mitt romney has used every trick in the book. how can we trust him to lead? i ve concluded that it s not all that impactful. maybe taking a greater toll on mitt romney. mitt romney is the big government candidate? michele bachmann s a fool. our conversation today with mitt romney. the gun issue a loser. i will continue to fight to reduce gun violence. i haven t heard any discussions about the issue. you have a problem with being able to buy 6,000 rounds of ammunition off the internet? we do have tough gun laws in massachusetts. i support them. i won t chip away at them. you said at the time, quote, these guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. i still believe that the second