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"The Republican presidential candidate ...pushed back on reports that he does not sufficiently support gun rights," we are told and that "he complained that critics describe his proposal to allow states to pass laws as a recipe for back-door gun control."
"I don't believe states should restrict access to guns, but what if a state wants to pass background checks? What if a state wants to pass carry-and-conceal? That's what I'm talking about," he said.
That, Mr. Cain, is not what activists on either side of the debate traditionally think of when the term "gun control" is used-and while I agree that requiring permits to exercise a right is, indeed a form of it, the question Wolf Blitzer gave you several chances to answer was, well let me just post the exchange, courtesy of Hot Air :