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Obama Shows His True Position on Guns
NRA-ILA ^ | July 27, 2012 | NA

Posted on 08/08/2012 11:56:50 AM PDT by neverdem

NRA has reported for the past four years about Barack Obama's long anti-gun record.

He tries to convince gun owners that he is not anti-gun, even as his administration has taken numerous actions that attack gun owners' rights, such as imposing multiple sales reporting requirements on some long guns, and protecting Eric Holder from cooperating with the "Fast & Furious" investigation.

But on July 25th, in a speech to the Urban League, Obama showed his real beliefs, when he once again endorsed a ban on semi-auto firearms.

"A lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals," he said. "They belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities."

He went on to tout the executive actions he has taken without Congressional approval.

"We've been able to take some actions on our own, recognizing that it's not always easy to get things through Congress these days . . ."

This willingness to take executive action without prior congressional approval has become a hallmark of the Obama Administration, and, while Obama did not advocate for specific anti-gun legislation, gun owners should have great concern about what unilateral action Obama would be willing to take if re-elected, where he never has to face the voters again.  Obama knows that as a second-term president, he will be free to move forward with his personal anti-gun agenda; an agenda that has  included endorsing a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns; a ban on the sale or transfer of all semi-automatic firearms; the backing of a 500 percent increase in federal taxes on guns and ammunition; voting to ban single-shot, over-under and side-by-side shotguns; and stating that the right of lawful citizens to carry a firearm for personal protection should be banned nationwide.  He has even supported efforts to prohibit Americans from keeping a gun in their own homes for self-defense.

Despite the camouflage, gun owners can see the truth:  Barack Obama is an anti-gun politician, whose anti-gun agenda represents a far-reaching threat to our Second Amendment rights, especially as a second-term president.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; obama

1 posted on 08/08/2012 11:57:01 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

He’s not anti-gun.

He’s just against CITIZENS having guns.

Police, secret police, drones, agents of his government and his personal minions (and the sinaloan drug cartel) should have all the weapons they can carry. To use against citizens. When they get uppity.


2 posted on 08/08/2012 12:04:58 PM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Mark my words: If he wins in November, Obama may never have to run for election again....but that does not mean it is his final four years in office!!!


3 posted on 08/08/2012 12:10:30 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Anybody that thinks like this does not belong in the White House.

Signing the ASW ban.
“These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.”


4 posted on 08/08/2012 2:30:00 PM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors,,, where the GOP goes for it's "conservative" Presidential candidates.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

“He’s not anti-gun.

He’s just against CITIZENS having guns.”

Citizens?

I would argue that it never works out when you let SLAVES have guns.


5 posted on 08/08/2012 2:43:59 PM PDT by Wildbill22
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To: neverdem
"They belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities."

Interesting. Didn't Zero's administration declare the CONUS an official "battlefield" to futher one of his big-brotherish aims just recently?

6 posted on 08/08/2012 5:13:10 PM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: neverdem
"They belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities."

Hey Barry, how about the fact that your own self-declared "home town" of Chicago is the MURDER CAPITAL of the entire world and a f'ing war zone to get in and out of every day? When are you going to do something about that, FIRST!?

7 posted on 08/08/2012 5:17:57 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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