White House to Push Gun Control

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/27/white-house-to-push-gun-control.html ^ | 27 January 2011 | Daniel Stone

[Erik Latranyi]

Obama intentionally did not mention gun control in his State of the Union, but aides say that in the next two weeks the administration will unveil a campaign to get Congress to toughen existing laws.

At the beginning of his State of the Union address, President Obama tipped his hat to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who’s now recuperating in a Houston medical facility. But throughout the hourlong speech, he never addressed the issue at the core of the Giffords tragedy—gun control—and what lawmakers would, or should, do to reform American firearm-access laws.

That was intentional, according to the White House. An administration official says Obama didn’t mention guns in his speech because of the omnipresent controversy surrounding the Second Amendment and gun control. Tuesday’s speech was designed to be more about the economy and how, as Obama repeated nine times, the U.S. could “win the future.”

[Obadiah]

I agree. Please Obama, go full tilt on this issue!

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I am a firm believer in GUN CONTROL!

There is NOTHING better than a 5 shot group under 3 inches at 1000 meters!

[PzLdr]

Sun rises in East.

[Eastbound]

"What is it about” congress shall make no law” that they do not understand?"

. . . 'no law that is repugnant to the U.S. Constitution/Bill of Rights.'

So it's really simple. If a proposed law diminishes the law of the land it is shitcanned and not to be obeyed if enacted.

Someone explain that to the supremos before they start jailing people for failing to obey illegal laws. Oops! Too late.

[Jedidah]

I hope they also push for suicide bomber control.

Does anyone seriously think the Arizona perp wouldn’t have found another effective way to kill if he couldn’t get a gun? Murder predates guns.

[DuncanWaring]

It would appear to be.

[Biggirl]

Great way to become a one term President.

[tumblindice]

`Gun control’ isn’t about guns.
It’s about control.
Come and get them you cockroaches.

[GYL2]

Posted on another site:

Whenever someone uses the phrase “Gun Control” think about the meanings of the words Eleútheros and Seax.

Eleútheros is defined and one who is not a slave, a freeman. It is the English phonetic representation of Ελεύθερος, Greek for "Free."

A Seax was a single edged knife from Old Saxon culture, carrying one meant you were a freeman and not a slave.

In essence, being armed meant you were Eleútheros or free.

The left would like to take the modern equivalent of a Seax away from you, so that you are no longer Eleútheros but a slave.

Eleútheros happens to be the origin of the word līber, the root word for Liberal and Liberty.

So, disarming people – taking away their means of self defense – meant they were enslaved and the people who advocate this are anti – līber, anti- Liberty.

In the past, weapons have signified whether one is a freeman [Ελεύθερος, ‘free’] taking them away signifies that that they are now a slave – in this case, as slave to a socialist government. It also means that one who wishes to take these weapons away, and thus take away their Ελεύθερος or līber are in fact working counter to the idea of liberty.

So-called “Liberals” want to take away one of the very things that make a people free.

Just something to think about when Leftists claim to be “Liberal”

[Biggirl]

And create the right grounds for a new American revolution.

[SECURE AMERICA]

IDIOTS..
We have gun laws.
We have laws against murder and we still have murder
We have laws against rape and we still have rape.
We have laws agains robbery and we still have robbery.
More laws are not the answer.

[absolootezer0]

i’ve never understood how any black politician could ever support gun control, as the original gun control laws were written with the intent to disarm the black population.

[Spirochete]

I expect Dumbo to be Dumbo but will McCain or Graham go along with this?

Yes. RINOs are liberals, and as such they love liberal causes like amnesty,abortion, and gun control.

Remember George HW Bush's "weapons of war" rhetoric just before his semi-auto import ban?

[ReverendJames]

There are enough gun laws on the books both state and federal to hamper legal gun owners. Those people who don’t believe in the law have no problem.

[Noumenon]

They - those behind 0bama- are pushing for a reaction, which they believe will sanction the crackdown for which they’re fairly slobbering in anticipation.

But they’ve made some serious miscalculations based upon their fatal blindness. They truly do not understand, nor are they capable of understing what motivates real Aemricans. Thus, they have a very nasty surprise coming.

[Oldpuppymax]

Naturally the perfect time to intimidate the squishy, pi$$-ant, spineless Republicans.

[Dead Corpse]

We are only an executive order or two from a situation that will rapidly spiral out of control.

We crossed that Rubicon a while back. We're just waiting at this point.

[GraceG]

[ IDIOTS..
We have gun laws.
We have laws against murder and we still have murder
We have laws against rape and we still have rape.
We have laws agains robbery and we still have robbery.
More laws are not the answer. ]

You are the Idiot and you don’t understand we need MORE laws, because everyone knows criminals obey the laws when they are passed....

[sarcastic response]

[DCBryan1]

I and others have already gone Galt...do they want me and others to go "Henry Bowman"?

I think I'll go home and pack my suppressors.

[SirFishalot]

The key thing to remember here is that Obama isn't congress. It's been suggested that the President can just issue an executive order to address/define "arms" in any fashion his heart desires. That's friggin scary! Of course, anything he does decide to do will be just "common sense" measures.