Romney at the NRA Convention

By most accounts, Mitt Romney drew a warm reception from the National Rifle Association (NRA) at their annual convention in St. Louis, MO on Friday.

The presumptive, although not certain, GOP Presidential nominee echoed the NRA leadership talking points saying that President Obama is waiting for a second term to crack down on firearms and warned that Obama would “remake” the Supreme Court in a second term, threatening constitutional freedoms. Wow….he’s so intuitive.

Referring specifically to the right to bear arms, Romney said:

“If we are going to safeguard our 2nd Amendment, it is time to elect a president who will defend the rights President Obama ignores or minimizes. I will.”

Nice turn of a phrase, Mitt. But can we believe you?

My recollection is that Romney while Governor of Massachusetts supported strict gun control measures and once said he didn’t “line up” with the gun rights group. I also recall that in 1994 “Rino-Mitt” supported the Brady bill against “assault weapons.” But the NRA leadership has thrown its weight behind Romney and apparently Romney has calculated that he needs the NRA support so he wore his NRA Life Member t-shirt on Friday. He’ll wear his Sarah Brady t-shirt when the GOP convention is over.

While I’m on the “Rino-Mitt” channel at the NRA, I also think it was disingenuous when speaking of Obama’s expanding the role of government and limiting freedom and opportunity for Americans, he intoned:

“If we continue along this (Obama’s) path, we’ll spend our lives filling out forms, complying with excessive regulations and pleading with political appointees for waivers, subsidies, and permission” he said. “That path erodes freedom. It deadens the entrepreneurial spirit. And it hurts the very people it’s supposed to help.”

Pretty tall talk for the author of “RomneyCare.”

But getting back to St. Louis and the NRA, it’s not surprising to me that the NRA and Romney would make nice. Both are wishy-washy, lets-make-a-deal”  types. Both lie down with the enemy and expect to win, but never do. Both display bravado and managerial brio.

I trust neither of them.

***Ed Randazzo, is a nationally syndicated author. He has been a conservative activist and consultant for over 30 years and is currently the Chief News Editor of Life and Liberty Media***

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