Obama Claims He Supports Individual Gun Rights

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IMO:

Obama knows the writing is on the wall, and the days of the 'collective rights' doctrine are done.

On the up, it's good Democrats are starting to move on a little bit from the their gun-grabbing heights of the 80s and 90s.
 
Although Obama supports gun control, while campaigning in gun-friendly Idaho earlier this month, he said he does not intend to take away people's guns.

At his news conference, he voiced support for the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, which is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court next month.
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Say what????

Virtually in the same breath he says that he does NOT intend to take away people's guns, and then continues on that he DOES support DC's gun ban.

Well, I guess to a lying dishonest politician like him, a total gun ban (police and politicians exempted of course) is a reasonable restriction and doesn't infringe on the 2A!?!?!??!
 
Crazy. When most of them are pressed on the issue, they claim to support a State right to a militia or whatever. But he's blatantly admitting he knows it's an individual right but doesn't care?! To stop him, methinks we'll need to remind people on the other side of the fence that he might not stop there. For instance, he's also said in the past he would consider Federal legislation to censor movies and video games. So if he thinks a total ban on guns is a "reasonable restriction" for an admitted individual right, might he consider a book-burning the same for the First?

And on that note, in the run-up to the general election, will politics continue to be off-limits here in activism? Or will defeating an anti-gun candidate be a legitimate use for this section?
 
Yes, it's election season again, choices, choices.....

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So they both want to ban 'assault weapons'?

Something John McCain does not and his voting record bears that out
 
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I like Cthulhu's foreign policy of killing everyone and consuming everything, but not so much his domestic policy of killing everyone and consuming everything. Still better than Hillary though.
 
I got a reply from obama. no change here. just more non-answers.

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Now let's see. Individuals have a constitutional right to own guns, but local governmennts have a right to deny constitutional rights. People have a right to own guns, but not in Washington DC.

I'm confused. :scrutiny:
 
In the wake of the shooting at Northern Illinois University, Democratis presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both called Friday for what they said were common-sense changes in the gun laws,
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There lies the problem. The laws these people propose do nothing to promote the common good, nor do they make any sense.
 
Just political spin.
They need to answer the question:
"What gun law would have prevented this tragedy"?

They also need to be aware of the fact that the only recent mass shooting to be stopped in progress, was done by a civilian, with a CCW in Colorado at a Church.
...At which point, the bad guy killed himself.
 
Obama's recent comments about the Second Amendment, have centered on his desire not to interfere with Americans right to hunt....Hello?
 
Obama's stated PLATFORM is a complete, permanent ban on all semiauto firearms and a Federal ban on CCW. He doesn't even bother with talking about "assault weapons".

F--- the lying sack of Milli Vanilli and the TelePrompter he rode in on.
 
Obama supports Individual RKBA like a Hooker supports Abstinence and Virginity.
 
C'mon you guys, it's reasonable control that he wants. After all, it's worked in Austrailia and Great Britain.
 
C'mon you guys, it's reasonable control that he wants. After all, it's worked in Austrailia and Great Britain.
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The same Great Britain that even banned swords? :scrutiny:

Anyone who wants to ban semi-autos is sure as hell not getting my vote. My fear is that gun control laws will become worse if that guy gets elected.
 
Obama supports individual rights?

That's what I love about this forum. You guys are hysterical. Now we need a smilie on his back laughing with his legs kicking in the air. Cause that's what I'd put here.
 
For a good indication of what a politician will do in the future, just look at what he has done to date. Since he had been a US Senator, Obama has voted for every gun control scheme proposed in the US Senate. Obama has voted against every pro-gun bill that reached the Senate floor.

Make no mistake about it, Obama is an anti. He hates the fact that your state allows you to defend yourself and your loved ones from the scum that prey on society.
 
Obama Supports Individual Gun Rights

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Obama Supports Individual Gun Rights
By NEDRA PICKLER – 1 hour ago

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Barack Obama said Friday that the country must do "whatever it takes" to eradicate gun violence following a campus shooting in his home state, but he believes in an individual's right to bear arms.

Obama said he spoke to Northern Illinois University's president Friday morning by phone and offered whatever help his Senate office could provide in the investigation and improving campus security. The Democratic presidential candidate spoke about the Illinois shooting to reporters while campaigning in neighboring Wisconsin.

The senator, a former constitutional law instructor, said some scholars argue the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees gun ownerships only to militias, but he believes it grants individual gun rights.

"I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it's subject to commonsense regulation" like background checks, he said during a news conference.

He said he would support federal legislation based on a California law that would facilitate immediate tracing of bullets used in a crime. He said even though the California law was passed over the strong objection of the National Rifle Association, he thinks it's the type of law that gun owners and crime victims can get behind.

Five people, including the shooter, were killed during Thursday's ambush inside a lecture hall. Authorities said the two guns used were purchased legally less then a week ago.

"Today we offer them our thoughts and prayers, but we also have to offer them our determination to do whatever it takes to eradicate this violence from our streets, from our schools, from our neighborhoods and our cities," Obama said. "That is our duty as Americans."

Although Obama supports gun control, while campaigning in gun-friendly Idaho earlier this month, he said he does not intend to take away people's guns.

At his news conference, he voiced support for the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, which is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court next month.

"The notion that somehow local jurisdictions can't initiate gun safety laws to deal with gang bangers and random shootings on the street isn't born out by our Constitution," Obama said.
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I rather eat sh*t.
 
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