Feb 29, 2012 4:24pm <\/p>\n
UPDATE at 5:30 p.m. ET: A campaign spokesman says Romney has two shotguns. <\/p>\n
COLUMBUS, Ohio At a town hall here, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said, in response to a question about gun control, I have guns myself. <\/p>\n
I believe in the second amendment, Ill protect the second amendment, I have guns myself, Romney said today at the town hall meeting at Capital University. Not going to tell you where they are. Dont have them on myself either, alright. <\/p>\n
But in 2007 after Romney claimed that he did have guns he later retracted his statement, saying that he himself does not have guns but his sons do. <\/p>\n
During a virtual debate with the Boston Globe in 2007 Romney said, I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. Im a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms, to which the interview corrected him, Ah, excuse me, but isnt that son Joshs gun? <\/p>\n
Romney responded, Um, well, yes, but so what? He has several guns out at our vacation place in Utah, and I use them from time to time. <\/p>\n
So, did Mitt Romney buy a gun in the last five years? <\/p>\n
The campaign did not immediately respond to a request for a comment as to whether Romney does now own his own firearms. <\/p>\n
He did at the town hall meeting today offer this explanation for why people should be able to buy guns. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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