Palin rejects new gun laws, vague on 2012 plans

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin answers questions at the public appearance at the Long Island (LIA) Association Meeting and Luncheon in Woodbury, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Palin rejects new gun laws, vague on 2012 plans

BETH FOUHY

FRANK ELTMAN

Associated Press

WOODBURY, New York — Sarah Palin stuck to her guns on "death panels" Thursday, and on guns for that matter, in a rare public appearance in which reporters were allowed.

Palin continued tweaking the first lady's efforts to fight childhood obesity, but chided some of her own supporters for sustaining the "annoyi...