He never was on the handle. People just made the mistake of assuming he was and didn’t pay attention…
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/06/rand-paul-i-am-not-libertarian.html
I also remember a youtube video about “advice to libertarian fathers” where a guy likens Ron Paul’s failure with Rand to his own failure with his son.
EDIT
found it
https://forum.freecapitalists.org/t/advice-to-libertarian-fathers-religion-the-free-society/24089