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Four in 10 Americans Fear Obama Will Ban Gun Sales
Politics Daily ^ | October 20, 2009 | Bruce Drake

Posted on 10/20/2009 5:18:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Sales of guns and ammunition soared when Barack Obama became president because of fears that he and the Democratic-controlled Congress would pass anti-gun legislation, and that concern still shows up in a Gallup poll conducted Oct. 1-4. Forty-one percent of Americans believe Obama will try to ban the sale of guns while in office, according to the poll. While Gallup put the question in the framework of a ban on all guns, it notes that "Obama has never said, either on the campaign trail or after taking office, that he intends to push for a ban on the sale of all guns. Nevertheless, the reports of increased sales of guns and ammunition suggest that certain segments of society -- in particular, gun owners -- are acting as if this belief is true."

A majority -- 52 percent -- don't believe Obama will try to ban gun sales.

Fifty-five percent of those Gallup polled own a gun and 53 percent say there is a gun in their household.

Sixty-two percent of Republicans voice the fear of an Obama-inspired gun ban while only 20 percent of Democrats say the same. The highest level of concern is in the South and Midwest where 47 percent and 46 percent respectively are worried about a ban.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; agenda; banglist; bho44; bhobanglist; democrats; guncontrol; obama
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1 posted on 10/20/2009 5:18:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Too late


2 posted on 10/20/2009 5:19:28 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom ;))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don't fear, I know. Obama and his Mao pals will take our
guns over a Cheeeeldren concern as a health care issue.

Er, I meant TRY to take our guns.

3 posted on 10/20/2009 5:20:47 PM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can fool some of the people all of the time.....

You can fool all of the people some of the time...

But you cannot fool all of the people all of the time...

In other words....the people are not fooled by the retoric...they know the track record.


4 posted on 10/20/2009 5:21:31 PM PDT by Crim
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Glenn Beck speculated today on his radio show that the mandatory insurance portion of the obamacare bill will force gun owners to buy expensive high risk liability policies.

But, of course you still have a right to own the guns.

Wonder what the penalties will be for violations of this, if true?


5 posted on 10/20/2009 5:21:55 PM PDT by dynachrome (I am Jim Thompson!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
'A majority -- 52 percent -- don't believe Obama will try to ban gun sales.'

The other 48 percent are locked, loaded, and daring him to try it.


6 posted on 10/20/2009 5:25:06 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lefties all the time are telling me, “hey, nobody’s trying to take your guns away...we just want a few reasonable gun laws”. Of course, I can never get a satisfactory definition of “reasonable” from them.

They hate guns, and they hate those of us who own them. They don’t believe that we have the slightest right to own even the crappiest gun. They hate hunting and the shooting sports. They deny that there is a right to self-defense. There is one thing, and one thing only, stopping them from banning private ownership of guns: the political cost. If they thought that they could pull off a gun ban without paying too high a price, they would do it instantly.


7 posted on 10/20/2009 5:25:09 PM PDT by hitkicker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have no proof, only my life’s experience. If the government were to ban ALL gun sales today....there would be at least 2 guns in every house in the entire country. That’s factoring in all the homes that have 10 or more.


8 posted on 10/20/2009 5:26:03 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: hitkicker

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367024/posts


9 posted on 10/20/2009 5:26:51 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Make that five....


10 posted on 10/20/2009 5:28:41 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: MaxMax

I have had my guns. Had them for years. No big deal. I got mine.....and they’re loaded.


11 posted on 10/20/2009 5:28:54 PM PDT by jslade (People that are easily offended OFFEND ME!)
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To: Viking2002

No doubt he will try to sick the SS, CIA, FBI, ATF, US Marshals and every other LEA office after you if you fail to give them up.

It ain’t gonna be pretty.


12 posted on 10/20/2009 5:30:00 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Already can’t find brass, powder and primers.


13 posted on 10/20/2009 5:30:39 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama’s minions will ban them SOONER rather than later, that’s what communists/fascists/marxists/socialists do. Is ANYONE reading their history?

We actually think that there’s going to be a 2010 election after all the fraud that was committed the last two election cycles, incredible!

You’ve lost your country FReepers, we need to concentrate on getting it back.


14 posted on 10/20/2009 5:30:39 PM PDT by brushcop (SFC Sallie, CPL Long, LTHarris, SSG Brown, PVT Simmons KIA OIF lll&V, they died for you, honor them)
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To: Soothesayer9

All I can say is bring it b!tches.


15 posted on 10/20/2009 5:30:45 PM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: hitkicker

“They hate guns, and they hate those of us who own them”

That’s all anyone needs to know about the Left. However,

“There will be a rifle behind every blade of grass”

(A quote from one of America’s most formidable enemies)


16 posted on 10/20/2009 5:31:04 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, I bought a 12 gauge shotgun today. A Maverick 88 pump. I didn’t go for the lowest possible price. Instead, I bought from my local gun store. I figure it’s better to support him than get the best price.

OK, OK, I paid $249 for it.

Here’s the thing: I haven’t owned a firearm in many years, so I am very much a newbie. There is one issue I’d like to get multiple opinions for. This shotgun is for home defense, and I have no children in the house. However, my wife and my 25 YO daughter are very uncomfortable about having a gun in the house.

With those circumstances, should I keep it loaded in the bedroom?


17 posted on 10/20/2009 5:33:05 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: dynachrome
Glenn Beck speculated today on his radio show that the mandatory insurance portion of the obamacare bill will force gun owners to buy expensive high risk liability policies. But, of course you still have a right to own the guns. Wonder what the penalties will be for violations of this, if true?

The "penalty" will be a restored American government, as imposed on those who have usurped their authority and violated their trust. Pray they are not so foolish and that such restoration may be accomplished by the ballot box, as opposed to another variety.

Don't tread on me.

18 posted on 10/20/2009 5:33:42 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Eventually he will, just hasn’t gotten to it yet. Obama’s got his greasy mitts into everything else. Still 3 years and 3 months left and this country isn’t the same as it was a year ago.


19 posted on 10/20/2009 5:34:17 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
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To: savedbygrace
Take them shooting so they can understand what they don't know.
Then they can have their opinions...
20 posted on 10/20/2009 5:35:27 PM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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