It struck me, that when that question came up, Obama didn't have the faintest clue what he was talking about. Neither did whoever formed the question. Some lady asked about Obama having pledged to “Keep AK-47s out of the hands of criminals”, and asked what Obama has done toward that purpose. Obama went on to talk about AK-47s and automatic weapons, and “assault weapons”, in a manner that made it painfully clear that he had no clue about what any of these terms were suppose to mean, or what the present legalities were concerning them.
Romney picked up in a manner that demonstrated that he had considerably more knowledge of the subject than Obama did, but he really wasn't interested in talking about gun control.
The highlight, for me, of the portion of the debate which I saw, was when Romney went on from there to discuss the terrible impact that the destruction of the family has had on society, the importance of a man and a woman being married before they have children, and how this failure leads to the sort of crime and violence that those on the left want to “solve” with such useless measures as gun control.
I expected to come on to this forum tonight, and find several threads condemning Romney for these remarks, for how “bigoted” and “narrow-minded” they show him to be; but he was absolutely right in making these remarks. The undermining and destruction of the family is almost certainly, in my mind, the single overwhelmingly biggest cause of nearly all of the social ills that we face in this time. It was refreshing to see Romney standing up for this important principle.