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Does Barack Obama Have Even More Ambitious Plans for Gun Control?
The Volokh Conspiracy ^ | May 9 | Eugene Volokh

Posted on 05/10/2007 12:18:25 PM PDT by PghBaldy

So I checked out Barack Obama's campaign site to see what he says about guns there. There's no formal position paper that I could find, but there is a speech that says this:

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturers' lobby -- but I also believe that when a gang-banger shoots indiscriminately into a crowd because he feels somebody disrespected him, we've got a moral problem. There's a hole in that young man's heart -- a hole that the government alone cannot fix.

Any thoughts on what exactly "I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities" might mean?

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: guncontrol; husseinobama; obama
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To: William Tell

LOL! If you know how to post something you’ve seen or heard, why don’t you market it?


21 posted on 05/11/2007 8:56:42 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: xjcsa
There needs to be a *real* hole in that young man's heart.

Indeed, but then the government would probably fix it.

22 posted on 05/12/2007 5:14:57 PM PDT by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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