Gun owners among candidates considered to chair Republican National Committee

by Chad D. Baus

TheDailyCaller.com is reporting that a woman who has a sizeable firearms collection is among those being considered to chair the Republican National Committee.

From the article:

Following a debate among the five candidates to be chairman of the Republican National Committee on Monday, the presumed front-runner Reince Priebus ran from the room to avoid reporters' questions, while the sitting chairman, Michael Steele, lounged in the back talking to friends and supporters, his arms wrapped across the chairs on either side of him.

Steele did better in the debate than many expected, but was nonetheless mostly an afterthought. Priebus, whom an aide said left the room without answering questions to talk with a lone reporter from his home state of Wisconsin, did far worse by most accounts, delivering lines in vague rhetoric that often left the room silent.

While Priebus has collected the most public commitments from committee members, it may be the other three candidates – Michigan state GOP chair Saul Anuzis, former Ambassador to Luxembourg Ann Wagner and Bush administration veteran Maria Cino – who benefit from the debate.

Anuzis emphasized his ability to help the GOP move into the 21st century with better use of technology, Wagner was most direct in challenging and criticizing Steele, and Cino was the picture of efficiency in presenting her credentials as a fundraiser and organizer.

During a lightning round of questions, the candidates were each asked if they are gun owners.

Again, from the article:

[Ann Wagner, the former Ambassador to Luxembourg], said she owned 16 guns when ATR President Grover Norquist asked each candidate how many firearms they owned. Cino and Steele said they had none, Anuzis had four, and Priebus said he had five.

While current RNC chairman Michael Steele is running again, he is not expected to be reelected. In 2006, Steele earned the ire of pro-gun Republicans when he expressed support for an assault weapons ban in an interview with the Washington Post.