Two anti-gun candidates ran for president we shouldn't act too shocked that one of them won.
Too true.
Two anti-gun candidates ran for president we shouldn't act too shocked that one of them won.
There is more to the Constitution than just the 2nd Amendment. Unless there is full overlap in the policies between the two choices, you're going to be making a choice which bargains on parts of the Constitution.Personally, that's the first thing I always look at with any candidate for office. If they are willing to bargain with, trade away, take away, restrict my usage of, make conditional, or sidestep any one of my rights as guaranteed by the US Constitution, then they have lost my vote or will hear from me.
"Pleeeeease. Obama is not touching the gun control with a 6 ft pole. He has a party to support you know."
A Party whose base and whose leadership all support complete gun bans.
"Pleeeeease. Obama is not touching the gun control with a 6 ft pole. He has a party to support you know."
A Party whose base and whose leadership all support complete gun bans.
"This hasn't been a high priority for them for a while now and I doubt it would become one any time soon."
Really?
Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.
Perhaps you can aware me on the most recent anti-gun legislation that has been passed at the federal level...
The comment to which I was replying (and the link / quote that I provided) were in regard to this High Roader
summarizing his thoughts on the FUTURE potential of more anti-gun legislation.
Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.
Ya, that worked real well for all the Japanese in the US during WWII, the bar owners and distillers during prohibition, and the owners of private aircraft and airfields around DC after 9/11 (and TO THIS DAY).From the 5th amendment :
... nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
The US govmnt would immediately face the objection that they can't simply seize valuable property that was legal when purchased.... and compensation that we would accept is prohibitively expensive. That's the practical basis for legal grandfathering.
Warp said:So your position is that the Democratic party's base and leadership support a complete ban on guns...yet they haven't done anything about that, even when they had the House, the Senate, and the Presidency?
A Party whose base and whose leadership all support complete gun bans.
Really, you are now in the business of telling us Conservatives what are and what are not our issues?