Posted on 02/16/2008 9:22:35 PM PST by jdm
Before speaking to a rally here, Obama said the nation must do a "more effective job of enforcing our gun laws, strengthening our background check system, being able to trace guns that are used in violent crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers -- so that we can crack down on them -- closing gun show loopholes."
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Obama said he believes in the Second Amendment, but that there is plenty of room for added gun regulations. "There is an individual right to bear arms, but it's subject to commonsense regulation," he said.
Mentioning his home city, Obama said local entities should also have the ability to have their own more strict regulations.
"I think that local jurisdictions have the capacity to institute their own gun laws…The City of Chicago has gun laws, as does Washington, D.C.," he said. "I think the notion that somehow local jurisdictions can't initiate gun safety laws to deal with gang-bangers and random shootings on the street isn't born out by our constitution."
Hmmm, that should go over real well in the Texas primary on March 4. Just as the national Dems seemed to have learned their lesson on this issue, expect to hear a lot about guns if Obama is the nominee, for two reasons.
1. Guns are one of the few areas where McCain has a pretty solid conservative record. The NRA's leadership hates McCain due mainly to McCain-Feingold, but on the actual gun-rights issues he's voted pretty consistently for gun rights (e.g., he voted against the Brady Bill), although McCain has also clashed with the NRA over a gun show bill he co-sponsored with Joe Lieberman.
2. There is, nonetheless, a huge contrast to be drawn on this issue. Obama is about as anti-gun as you would expect from a Chicago politician - voted for assault weapons bans, voted to limit the number of handguns a person could buy, voted against lawsuit protections for gun manufacturers, supported a national ban on concealed carry, and worst of all voted against a bill protecting homeowners from being sued by burglars they shoot in their own homes.
Obama's not going to get a pass on that record from gun owners.
I don’t trust Obama.
I think that deep in his heart he is a socialist gun-grabber.
I would think that it would be a shallow dig
‘bout as deep as Paris Hilton...
He is a Socialist by his own words, actions, and associations.
McCain’s got a C+ rating from the NRA.
Let's see, he's knocked over the First Amendment with CFR, and he wants to knock over the Second Amendment by closing the non-existent gun show "loophole". Seems like he's trying to knock them all down, in order of appearance in the Bill of Rights. I fully expect him to propose a "Bring a Soldier in from the Rain Act" stipulating how soldiers are to be quartered in people's houses in times of peace, and then the "Untie the Hands of Law Enforcement Act" giving power to search without a warrant and without probable cause.
He's no conservative.
We'll see what the Supreme Court has to say about D.C.
C+ is nothing to brag about.
We were watching his speech tonight on tv..he is vapid! Full of platitudes and never says how anything will be achieved..how he plans to make his plans work...yet the crowds cheer! WE are in trouble, folks if this clever young gasbag wins the “WH” with his arrogrant wife.
Looks like a bullet vest under his shirt!
You and I are agreeing on just about everything tonight!
Obama is a constitutional scolar, yet believes the 2A is for hunting and sportsmen......... heard him say it in an earlier debate.
Geezers want to know!
Why a generation ago could you buy guns through mail order? DoD gave (or sold cheaply, I forgot which) surplus ammo to gun owners, usually though organizations like the NRA. Why did high schoolers all across the Nation take guns to school, or have access to guns at school, and there were no shootings. Why?
Wot?
Oh, only jazz musicians used mind altering drugs back then. Now I remember.
"Mmmm.. Change," drools Homer Simpson. "More gun laws."
Sorry, someone gave me a click through link to the comment section but I lost it. The post is kinda funny though.
McCain-C+
Obama F
Not what I would choose, either of them, but it is clear who is the lesser of two evils.
if he thought otherwise, he would realize that everything he believes would turn america into cuba and north korea.
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