I am a Democrat for RKBA

[kerreckt]

My personal beliefs are that the gun control issue has very little to do about guns and much to do about control. I believe the two major parties are controlled by multinational big business and banking. The "patriot act" was the biggest and most blatant attack on our rights as Americans and to give credit where credit is due was signed into law by a republican president. Why could anybody believe that the party that initiated and signed into law the "patriot act" would be the savior of the 2A? It is only logical (in my way of thinking) that the removal of guns from our society would follow because only by doing this can the total agenda started by the "patriot act" be continued. We are on the path to totalitarian rule and it makes no difference to me if it is from the left or right. We will all suffer. WE NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND REALIZE THAT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN AVOID THE TOTAL DEMISE OF THE GREATEST REPUBLIC KNOWN TO MAN IS TO UNITE AND QUIT LISTENING TO THE DIVISIVE LIES FED TO US BY BOTH PARTIES. THEY ARE THERE TO KEEP US DIVIDED AND ARGUING WHILE THEY PUT THE YOKE OVER OUR HEADS.

 

[readyeddy]

Criticizing a gun owner for being a Democrat is like criticizing someone who makes less than one million dollars a year for being a Republican.

There are many issues that have national importance when choosing leaders. Living with President Obama's AWB platform is no fun, but neither was it fun living under President Bush with his two discretionary wars.

 

[gossamer]

See my post above with the specific example of Obama's Supreme Court nominee voting against 2A rights. The greatest impact that a president can have on the 2A is via their Supreme Court nominees. The field of 2A law is in a state of flux right now and the composition of the Supreme Court will have a very real effect on the outcome of this field of law.

And yet this still doesn't make him a dictator. Because the POTUS gets to nominate SCOTUS and the Senate has to confirm them. Which is what happened.

Neither of Obama's SCOTUS appointments failed to get Republican votes. One got 5 and the other got 9. The law was followed, the checks and balances were in place.

It just bothers some because they lost.

 

[6.5x55swedish]

President Obama has signed gun legislation. In 2010 he lifted the Ban on guns in National Parks... and signed a law that allows guns on commuter trains!

 

[John3921]

"See my post above with the specific example of Obama's Supreme Court nominee voting against 2A rights. The greatest impact that a president can have on the 2A is via their Supreme Court nominees. The field of 2A law is in a state of flux right now and the composition of the Supreme Court will have a very real effect on the outcome of this field of law. "

This

A vote or Obama is a vote for his SC nomination. This will be the single most dangerous attack on the second ammendmend. I'm sorry, but thats the way it is. While you may indeed be in favor of RTKBA, your vote accomplishes the opposite.

 

[Dr. Sandman]

If one is pro-gun, then one is not a liberal. One is something else. Liberals should take liberal bashing like an adult, they have earned it.

 

[SSN Vet]

but neither was it fun living under President Bush with his two discretionary wars.

Obama owns the Afghanistan war now.... and will likely preside over it for a longer time then Bush did. And the Democrats supported them as well at the onset via. a troublesome little thing called the War Powers Act.

Waxing the Taliban in 2001 by supporting the Northern Alliance with air assets was, imo, a good thing. Assuming the role of occupier and nation builder proves to be folly time and time again.

 

[6.5x55swedish]

A vote or Obama is a vote for his SC nomination. This will be the single most dangerous attack on the second ammendmend. I'm sorry, but thats the way it is. While you may indeed be in favor of RTKBA, your vote accomplishes the opposite.

See DC V Heller. Justice Souter dissented in that case... and he was appointed by Bush SR. So your argument doesn't hold water.

 

[Shadowdancer]

I fully support the OP. I'm a Democrat and also a life member of the NRA. I would hope that folks would remember that Democrats have served in the Military, have raised their children to the best of their abilities, paid their taxes, and support the Constitution. The complexity of running a Nation precludes the short-sighted 'single-issue' voting practice so many espouse.

 

[Frank Ettin]

This can be an interesting and worthwhile topic for discussion. It's too bad that we've seen some unfortunate drifts toward name calling and inappropriate behavior. Overall it's been okay, but it's time to stop pressing our luck.