Whoops - Jon Huntsman says on RW talk radio wouldn't veto AWB

[RamboLiberal]

In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday, former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman said that he would not veto an assault weapons ban.

Unfortunately for Huntsman, this statement is not true. The former governor “would absolutely” veto a weapons ban, and he immediately issued a statement to affirm it.

"Hugh, I clearly misunderstood your question regarding the assault weapons ban,” Huntsman wrote in an email to Hewitt. “I would absolutely veto the ban. I have always stood firmly for 2nd Amendment rights, and my record in Utah reflects it. With a name like 'Huntsman' it really goes without saying.”

Hewitt posted a transcript of interview to his website, which included the quick exchange that led to the blunder.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/06/jon-huntsmans-gun-ban-gaffe.html

[ClarkUSA]

1. Freudian slip.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I guess the tough question just sort of

blew him away.

[onehandle]

3. Well, he's just lost the gungeon vote. nt

[eqfan592]

5. And the vote of anybody...

...with the slightest amount of knowledge on the subject that isn't completely disingenuous.

The AWB is a colossal waste of time, not to mention idiotic in the extreme. Banning firearms that are almost never used in crime based almost entirely on cosmetic features makes literally no sense whatsoever.

[sharesunited]

4. He stands firmly for the imaginary right to go to war with the government?

What a dip.

[PavePusher]

7. You must be really pissed at the Libyan rebels, amIright? n/t

[Atypical Liberal]

8. Came here to say this.

Right now in the world we have Libyans and Syrians under fire from their own government, fighting for their freedom. And people like Sharesunited think we are insane for thinking it could happen here.

[ileus]

6. Hopefully he's not a gun grabber...

[Name removed]

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