Barack Obama Courts Pro-Gun Vote

I think Obama's position is clear yet Robert Novack's column from today explains otherwise. I don't agree with it, the url is www.creators.com/opinion/robert-novak.html

The Constitution remains in effect as last I noticed. The 2nd Amendment stands. Don't opt for a solution which is worse than the problem. Fix the real problem and you won't have to worry about gun ownership.

The problem is not guns. The problem is the Scot-Irish dueling culture which remains embedded in our society at all levels which dictates if someone offends you or your honor you have the right to inflict violence upon them. Think about it.

Look at the circumstances which preceded the school shootings. Someone was bullied or ostracized and felt it was legitimate to strike back.

Look at what is spewed forth by Hollywood that the righteous who are wronged should vindicate themselves by going after their offenders rather than let the law take its course.

Look at the criminals who are made heros by the movie, TV and music industry.

If you get rid of guns only the government and violent criminals will be armed. This situation may appeal to you if you worship authority or don't value your family's safety. However I'll stand with the Founding Fathers on this issue.

It's very smart of Obama to open the minds of people that otherwise wouldn't bother to listen to a word he says.
Anyone that takes the time to learn about him can only come to the same conclusion that many of us already have; That Obama is without question, the best possible option running for office today.

On this page alone, Obama has pissed off Gays and Gun owners this week. Last week he pissed off WW II veterans by saying the campaign was like the Bataan Death March. He better let Michelle make his speeches, she only pissed off Patriots who love America.

Boy, he must be desperate! Outspending Clinton 5-1 in Pennsylvania and he seems to be so afraid of losing that he promises anything. Well, it won Idaho for him.

As far as I'm concerned, gun nuts shouldn't be allowed to vote. Their guns should be removed from their possession and they should be put on drugs until someone can figure out what's wrong with them.

What a cooincidence. Charlton Heston just died. I guess we can go pry his gun loose "from" his "cold dead hands."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O0B_UZNtEk4&feature=related

All gun violence involves at leat one person with a gun. If either is absent, there cannot be gun violence. It shouldn't take a genius to figure out that making it difficult for a person to have a gun is going to reduce gun violence.

The question of gun control comes after we, as a society, decide that we are indeed against gun violence. If we are, we should have strict gun control. If we are not, we must learn to accept the massacres in our schools and shopping malls.

I love Obama, but he is pandering on this issue. He isn't pro gun, he's anti gun, however I live in one state that has the most liberal gun laws, so I'm not worried, plust there are much bigger fish to fry like the economy.

I wish BOTH Hillary and Obama would come out saying that guns have no place whatsoever in our streets, especially those easily modified to become fully automatic. Our cities and our police are overwhelmed with the fear of armed drug users and criminals who have an easier time obtaining guns than they do obtaining a drivers license. Gun ownership may be protected, and should be, but out cities have a hard time combatting organized crime and homicide when gun laws are different in every state, and slack in more rural areas. I grew up in a very pro-gun family and was taught to shoot a 12 gauge at age 10, it is so disturbing that this is okay! Democrats know this, but pander to middle-america, perhaps this is our way of showing our hair on our chests?

Racism and Gun Control

14th Amendment Application of second amendment to freedmen.

http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290bsacij.pdf

Georgia Carry - Racist roots of Gun Regulations

http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290bsacGeorgiaCarry.pdf

Congress of Racial Equality - Racist Roots of Gun Control

http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07290bsacCongressofRacialEquality.pdf

American Civil Rights Union

http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290bsacAmerCvlRight.pdf

Sen Obama - for a constitutional scholar, seems unconcerned that his gun policy is not just irrelevant to firearms crime but racist as well. No matter what comes out of the Supreme Court - it will be either bad or very bad for the Senator.

Pro gun???... There is no such thing in the US. To this date there are restrictions on the guns you can possess.

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We must pass laws against guns. Laws against drugs worked so well.
Criminals will always have guns and if guns are illegal there will be a new way for evil ppeople to make money.
The current laws are fine. Owning a gun doesn't make a person shoot people.
Why do people hurt other people? That is the problem that needs to be solved. American culture pays lip service to respecting people but the actions of so many institutions in the USA are disrespectful towards individual Freedom. Shooting someone is the ultimate rejection of individual freedom. ( except in defense of ones life of course)
Drugs , guns and reproductive and sexual freedom are non-issues that both the right and left indulge in. These issues are either non of anyones business or they involve inanimate objects.
It is not only against the spirit of Freedom in America and the constitution but it is a waste of time trying to regulate personal behavior and inanimate objects.
We have a violence problem in the USA, banning guns will not solve it just as banning drugs doesn't solve addiction and banning abortion doesn't stop it or prevent unwanted pregnancies.
I hope Americans will start to address the nuances and complexities of the world instead of letting media sound bites and the uninformed and emotional dictate the debate.

Has he put on the orange Elmer Fudd suit and gone out to shoot some fenced in animal for the NRA yet?

Obama will have a very difficult time selling himself as pro-gun with his record. Why doesn't he just honestly present his views which match those of his supporters?

Obama and Gun Control:

From the Chicago Defender, Dec. 13, 1999:

Sweeping federal gun control legislation proposed by Sen. Barack Obama (D-13th).

Make it a felony for a gun owner whose firearm was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if that weapon was not securely stored in that home. [!!!]

Restricting gun purchases to one weapon a month and banning the sale of firearms at gun shows except for "antique" weapons.

Increasing the licensing fee to obtain a federal firearms license.

Ban on police agencies from reselling their used weapons even if those funds are used to buy more state-of-the-art weapons for their agencies.

Wants only those over 21 who've passed a basic course to be able to buy or own a firearm.

Gun dealers sell firearms in a storefront and not from their homes while banning their business from being within five miles of a school or a park.

Banning the sale of 'junk" handguns like the popular Saturday Night Specials.

Requiring that all people working at a gun dealer undergo a criminal background check.

Gun manufacturers be required to develop safety measures that permit only the original owner of the firearm to operate the weapon purchased.

Increase the federal taxes by 500 percent on the sale of firearms,ammunition

Obama will not run on his record or beliefs on the gun issue since he knows it will cost him dearly in the general election. Right or wrong, Obama, like his supporters, are against individual gun rights and for many more regulations on the manufacture, sale, ownership and possession of guns. Obama is not being honest about his position.

[Eugene Volokh, May 9, 2007 at 8:15pm] Trackbacks
"Obama's Support for a Ban on Sales and Transfers of All Semi-Automatic Weapons: Just wanted to highlight a fact I discuss in more detail in the post below: Sen. Barack Obama's stand on guns is apparently to support a ban on sales and transfers of all semi-automatic weapons.

For those not up on the details, note that this is far broader than the existing bans on fully automatics, or the bans on so-called "assault weapons." Most modern handguns (such as my own Glock 17) are semi-automatic, as are many rifles (such as my Ruger 10/22) and quite a few shotguns. And while the ban would still allow sales of revolvers, bolt-action rifles, pump-action shotguns (such as my Mossberg), and similar guns, there's good reason to think that a broad ban on semi-automatics would lead to still broader bans."