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What a pathetic non-story. You do not need to hunt in order to support the second amendment. In fact, the 2A has NOTHING to do with hunting in the first place! The clear intent of the founders was to guarantee the right to self-defense and protection from tyranny.

Hmmm... Will CNN do background checks on pro-life politicians to find out that they have never had abortions and use that as a headline? Seriously, where is the story about someone support the 2nd Amendment but not having a hunting license?

Hunting and hunting licenses have NOTHING to do with the 2nd Amendment right to own a firearm for self protection. I don't have a hunting license, but I DO have a license to carry a concealed weapon to protect myself. Too bad all those dead people in Nebraska couldn't have defended themselves. It would have only taken ONE of them.

I'm from the city, born and raised, so I understand more than you countryfolk (GaVoter) the need for guns. But it's tough to get a license. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

I love how (some) Liberals disagree with the 2nd amendment. I thought liberals believed in people having rights and mistrusted the government.

If you mistrust the Government, why let them have all the guns. The purpose of the 2nd amendment is to allow people to have guns so that in case the government fails to serve the interest of the people, the people have a means to rise up against that government. Now I hope that never happens, because I dont know how well my sig will fare against an abrams.
–CIA: That was a joke. Just a joke.–

I haven't had a hunting license in the past 20 years.

All the time I was a member of the NRA, I never went hunting. When I was an NRA instructor, I never went hunting.

What does that prove? There are more shooting sports than hunting.

CNN. Clueless once again. Your lame attempt to discredit Thompson for not having a hunting license shows once again your bias and utter incompetence when it comes to gun ownership.
Since when does the 2nd mention hunting?
You dolts.
Perhaps you may want to do a bit of research before you go spouting of about something you obviously know nothing about.
Oh, I forgot. CNN never lets the facts or the truth prevent them from putting out a false,inaccurate and biased story.

Why would anyone regret not killing an innocent creature for a stupid human thrill. Go hang out at the slaughter houses big men, then go find the purpose of your statement. What is it with the U.S....kill, smoke, drink, God, and Hollywood. It's becoming an embarrassment being American.

Andrew and Glen

Militia- all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service.

One does not need be IN a service, simply able to.

Hay don't support any candiate for president that want tax cuts permanent if tax cuts permanent get pass in to law then the rich billionairs will never pay taxes the taxes will be paid by the poor and middle class then the bush administration will want to raise taxes on the poor and middle class congress don't change the tax code to make the poor and middle class foot the tax bill TELL g.w. bush to go suck a cup of oil

How ignorant are you? The top 1% of income earners (1% of the population) pays more than 40% of total tax revenue. You think you're getting the raw end of the deal though?

Here's a free clue: The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting.

I strongly support the Second Amendment and I don't have a hunting license either. So what? Yes, I own a gun - an antique 12-gauge that belonged to my grandfather that hasn't been fired in 30 years.

No Glen of Boston YOU live in a urban culture, some of us still enjoy long walks in the woods and the beauty and serenity of nature. You uptight city folks are always the first to crack up, because your world was built by a man. Concrete jungles are the first places you should have a gun. You know why? It's the same reason women in the large cities will scream fire if their being raped, you have all been desensitized to sex, violence, and debauchery. The city is cold and cruel, so you lump people and places into two categories good or bad. You don;t want to get involved? Some people are not built to endure the extreme pressures of urban society. So you hand all your problems over to the government, because you can't hack it. Meanwhile fun loving, intelligent, free thinking people like me continue to live life to the fullest, out here on the edge of civilization, without the infringement of Big Brother watching me like a dog to a sheep. We teach our children to love the earth, and all of it's creations, even if we shoot and eat a couple them occasionally. Oh yeah in order to achieve a truly peaceful world we would have to kill all the bad guys and who would make that list Santa Claus? Have you been naughty or nice?

I guess i dont get the spin on this. What does hunting have to do with anything but a weak attempt at a propagandist lean to the article? My wife can and will stop an armed intruder, but doesn't hunt. God Bless America!

The Second Amendment is more about having the ability to protect yourself from those who would hunt YOU.

Wayne in Greeneville – I can assure you, the mall shooter didn’t have a dad like GaVoter. And I bet you the guys that gunned down Sean Taylor didn’t have fathers like him as well … guys that take their kids out in the woods and spent some valuable father/son time together … passing down the traditions of our heritage.

See … that’s the problem … elitist like you wear down our heritage. And try to fill the void in by giving credence to people like that fat dude who made the Columbine movie (can’t remember his name).

I value my children and take my fatherly responsibilities seriously. Therefore, not only do I own a gun but I know how to use it and will teach them how to use it properly at the right time. As every father should..

The boy in Nebraska didn't value guns or life.

I'm a strong supporter of the right to bear arms, but I have a question. Whenever someone goes on a shooting rampage, some gun-advocates always come out and complain that if only some citizen had a gun, it could have all been prevented.

And yet, the second amendment clearly states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It does not say anything about everybody running around with guns (especially since we now live in a predominantly urban culture), only about being able to form a militia that commits itself to military training and precision. Are all of these advocates of gun rights involved in militia I don't know about, or is the NRA crowd taking the interpretation to an extreme? just curious.

Wayne in Greenville,

If everyone carried a gun there would be a better chance of protecting children from crazy people like Dawson and the Columbine killers, to mention a few. Your post about Gavoters statement is an outrageously innacurate assumption. Gavoter knows the value of gun ownership for the right to protect. We need more courage in this country. Obviously, the goverenment can not always protect us. Sorry all you Socialists who want the government to take care of you; that's reality!

And what is Peter Hamby's point? The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting. Maybe Peter should actually read the Constitution next time.

Hahahahahaha. The Keith Kerr network actually "thinks" that I need a "hunting license" to fire one of my weapons at a Democrat party supporting thug attempting to kill me or steal my property.

Hey wayne of Texas the chinese invented gun powder quite a few centuries ago. It's the people that don't value other peoples lives. Guns are the contingency plan for just such scenarios. Legal gun owners are the least likely to commit a crime. because they understand the great care and responsibility it takes to own a gun. Roll back the gun owners right to bear arm and you'd better hope there's alot of policemen in your neck of the woods to protect you, because your making yourself a victim. The bad guys are going have guns regardless. Who wants a bunch of jackboot cops patrolling their neighborhoods? Well evidently you? Those who would forfeit freedom for security deserve neither.

I don't have a hunting license ether, I am not real interested in hunting, but I do own a # of guns & I enjoy shooting.
The Lawyer behind the DC/Heller case is not even a gun owner!
It's not about Fred hunting or not it's his stand to the 2nd ammendment, that counts.
& the 2nd has nothing to to do with hunting.

Wayne – What a preposterous assumption you made regarding Gavoters post. The fact that someone has more guns than children has nothing to do with their values. Would you suggest a gun collector have more children than guns to satisfy your illogical assumption? Many people who own guns do so because they realize the value of protecting human life. If everyone (who legally can) carried a gun, perhaps someone would have killed Robert Hawkins before he slaughtered so many people on Wednesday. Not to mention the many other massacres that hve taken place because no bystanders were equipped.

No member of our olympic trap team has a hunting license either.

The 2nd Amendment has absolutely NOTHING to do with hunting!!! Are you people at CNN so stupid that you don't know that? Or is it because your liberal bias is so thick it doesn't matter? This is a non starter, and only gives more proof that CNN is truly the "Clinton News Network".

Shame on you.

Somneone at the Clinton News Network should take the trouble to read the Second Amendment. It's not about hunting. It's about of the right of the people to arm themselves against tyranny. Fred understands this. Peter Hamby obviously doesn't. A more apt headline would read: "CNN Producer Takes Smear Shot at Thompson; Hits Own Foot"

oh GaVoter; city folks have guns too. Try coming to the hood, and you will see.

Wayne from Greenville has more postage stamps than children, so we know he values stamps over human beings.

You people are CLUELESS!

What does owning a gun and having a hunting liscence have to do with each other?

NOTHING!

LOL. This is hilarious!

You people are so ignorant of the sencond amendment its frightening!

I own many guns, I shoot regularly, and I carry a handgun with me everywhere I go. I'm 41 now, and I haven't been hunting since I was 17. I can shoot better than most hunters. The 2nd Amendment doesn't say a thing about hunting, and hunting has never been the purpose of the right to keep and bear arms.

Hey, Bill Clinton bagged his game withour a license

What does a hunting license have to do with supporting the 2nd Amendment???? Please go back and reread the 2nd Amendment!

SO? I own over $35,000 dollars in firearms, with plans to buy many more... and I don't have a hunting licence... why? I don't HUNT! The 2nd Amendment has NOTHING TO DO WITH HUNTING!!!!!!!!

So he doesnt have a hunting license.....Does that make him an illegal gun rights advocate....??......A whole article on this by CNN......What a joke..!

So what if he doesn't hunt or hold a hunting license, I own plenty of guns and havent hunted in more years than I own guns. Not my idea of fun at my age to sit in the cold,snow up to my knees ,and wind, waiting for a deer to walk by to kill when I don't even like to eat the meat I can harvest from them. I have absolutly NO problem with those who do !! My father is a competition shooter for the paralized vets of america, he is in his 70's and its one of the few things he can still do well. he is ranked in NRA magazine. Last year he finished up his season 2nd overall only because he missed two events due too lack of sponsership. these events are held all over the USA. there are many reasons people want the freedom to own guns so why is fred not owning a hunting license one of them

Hey MD, I think Thompson is showing that guns aren't about hunting.

It's about our 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms. I bet Fred was making that very point when the CNN reporter turned away and skewed the quotes so that people like you would think there was something suspicious about a non-hunter being in a gunshop.

Here's why: it's his Right to and he supports that!

You can always count on Republicans (and this Ticker) to focus on the issues that matter. With a multi-billion dollar war, a failing economy, record budget deficits, $100 a barrell oil, 12 million illegal immigrants in the country, 40 million citizens with no health insurance, and the nation's infrastructure falling apart, I really don't care whether a candidate has a freaking hunting liscence. If this is something you care about, please do the country a favor and stay home on election day.

I'm not even remotely a fan of Fred Thompson, but the frequency of his hunting trips should have no bearing on his qualifications for the Oval Office.

"Arnold," you chastise Thompson for apparently being too busy to get to go out end enjoy the outdoors or get a hunting license. Lighten up. Not everyone feels the need to hunt constantly.

As long as he is standing up for gun ownership rights, and can prove that he is genuinely enthusiastic about the culture surrounding outdoor sports and hunting, then that should be enough.

Obama '08.

It's just a matter of time till the gun culture explodes.
People doing their hunting in shopping malls and schools.
Robberies everywhere.

"I own a couple of guns, but I'm not going to tell you what they are or where they are," he said.

Well, I own a couple of guns too, and I'm not going to tell you what they are or where they are, but if you want to visit me some night, you might find out.

Do I need a hunting license? I don't think so.

You know Mitt Romney claimed to be a hunter "pretty much his entire life" and then it was determined that he never had a hunting license and only went once when he was about 15 years old to shoot up some "varmints".
These candidates will say anything to satisfy their gun-loving "base". This is all downright comical and then we hear that Huckabee's wife was firing a granade launcher to impress everyone with Huck's love of weapeonry.
A Republican voter has 3 great gun-loving choices with these 3 guys.

Fred you might want to get some shooting pointers from Tricky Dick Cheney.Hes real good at shootin wittle birdies, etc. And to GA.VOTER, yes you are very scary, now go breath some more Nascar fumes! lmao

The second amendment isn't for recreational gun-owners to shoot chipmunks and deer, it for the private citizenry to quell a military uprising, or to coup d' etat a rogue government. Simple as that. A well regulated militia doesn't mean State police, or a national guard. Unfortunately the fact is police and military would hypothetically be the ones we'd have to fight, in such a scenario. Liberals don't fool yourselves, gun owners know this simple fact, that is why most of us are so adamantly opposed to gun control and cling to our guns like children. It's not because we don't want to save the countless peoples lives gun violence takes every year, but the countless lives we couldn't save because( We The People) became weak to tyranny.

Hay don't support any candiate for president that want tax cuts permanent if tax cuts permanent get pass in to law then the rich billionairs will never pay taxes the taxes will be paid by the poor and middle class then the bush administration will want to raise taxes on the poor and middle class congress don't change the tax code to make the poor and middle class foot the tax bill TELL g.w. bush to go suck a cup of oil

It's been too long, it's been too long.

That's what people are saying about your campaign.

It's a shame political candidates think they have to give the "target, hunting, skeet shooting" excuse for owning guns, to placate moderates. I'm sure Fred wanted to say "I carry a double-stack 9, anywhere it's legal, because there's a lot of a**holes out there."

Heck, I've collected guns for years and have more than I can count, but I haven't hunted in probably more than 20 years. I'm not against hunters; I just can't think of any critter that deserves shooting for my amusement.

Now some people...

Another typical hack job by CNN on a Republican. "He supports guns but doesn't have a hunting license? How dare he! What a hypocrit!" CNN has become so transparent it never even crosses my mind to turn the channel on anymore.
Here, read this about Fred:
http://rayrobison.typepad.com/ray_robison/2007/12/huckabees-surge.html

You might learn something instead of reading this inane drivel.

I have more guns than children. It's something you city folks just can't understand..

Posted By GaVoter : December 5, 2007 6:14 pm

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“City folks” around the world are SO relieved...now we can sleep at night. We were really worried there was a tons of your GaVoter children polluting the gene pool with the GaVoter "idiot gene".

A complete non-issue. Thank you for wasting my time, CNN. I post the comment in the hopes that you screen your news a little better. I sure all the candidates said many things today, and they'll say more things tomorrow. Some things may be relevant to who would be the best candidate, but not all of them.

Niiiice gun

The perfect end to Fred Thompson's presidential campaign comes when his manager says, "Fred, there is a call for you from Dick Cheney. He's looking for a new hunting partner and would like to take you hunting tomorrow."

The second amendment has nothing to do with hunting and has all to do with a private citizen having the ability to Coup d' taut the government if the government oversteps its boundaries. Period! Police, and military are not a well regulated militia, because like most people caught up in a government they would not protect the citizen but the system. Our forefathers knew this. That's why we started killing redcoats in the first place. Power is only absolute if they have overwhelming numbers and guns. As of today they don't, that's why were still a free country. The man is scarced of us and as long as we have that over the elitist they will never have the american people under their thumb. I proudly keep my guns in their case, but I haven't hunted recently myself, with so much rural development in my area, non of the farmers or land owners will let you hunt with a rifle or shotgun anymore too much of a liability. Hunting is like a country club thing now for yuppies, with the bread to afford hunting club dues and the luxury of having 20 or 30 acres to hunt on. But poor white trash like me are a much better shot. Ask the british what happens when you tick off a well armed group of rag-tag farmers.

Arnold

only so-called "conservatives" think it actually means something about your character or strength if you go hunting!

thats why a candidate would actually LIE about his love of guns to appease the sensitive nature of gun collectors to get more votes. because if you make fun of a mans gun its almost like your making fun of his manhood. and in most cases thats pretty much all the manhood they have.......

you ever notice that the kid in high school that would talk about being tough all the time would either be the first person to back down in the face of danger or just get whooped? yea its the same case with these "conservative" "tough-guys" when you talk tough its human nature people wont test you on it. so the more you talk the safer you might be. that is until you do it to the wrong person!

Are we saying that a GOP candidate would pander to the "Gun Club?"

Say it ain't so, Fred!!!

The point is that he doesn't have the balls to just say that he supports gun ownership and hunting...he has to become a rubber spine typical political a-hole and say "I would go hunting if I had more time...Is that exactly what you wanted to hear? I can say something else if it isn't"

Maybe Huckabee's wife can teach him how to use a grenade launcher? Seems one doesn't need a license for those.

Who cares? The man doesnt hunt then he doesnt hunt. How this is even news is beyond me. I have plenty of guns, and don't hunt. Whats your point?

Fred Thompson reminds me of Forest Gump, while he's running for 4 years ,or so, he suddenly stops and says:

"I'm pretty tired, I'd like to go home now"

We understand Fred, take a nap and let people who will actually work as presidents run.

Good night Freddy...

I have more guns than children. It's something you city folks just can't understand..

Only liberals and girly men don't know you can buy a weekend hunting licenses these days..