Golden Hound
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Last week I wrote this letter to the editor of the local newspaper, which was published today:
Barack Obama is an enemy of our second amendment rights. As a senator, he sought to ban the sale of all semi-automatic weapons in the state of Illinois. He is in favor of the re-institution of the notorious Federal Assault Weapons ban, which uses arbitrary characteristics such as folding stocks and pistol grips to designate said “assault weapons” – distinctions which are meant to deceive those who do not understand firearms with “scary” words. These so-called assault weapons are used in a tiny proportion of all gun crimes. Furthermore, Obama supports the banning of concealed handguns. In other words, he wants law-abiding citizens to be unable to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense, while criminals who have no regard for the laws whatsoever will go on committing crimes. Lawfully-owned, concealed handguns account for a miniscule percentage of gun crimes. Criminals typically don't bother applying for a carry permit. Obama’s position on guns is the typical ignorant far-left party line. Tell us, Barack, does your opposition to concealed handguns also apply to your bodyguards and security details? Wait, I already know the answer. What a hypocrite! No gun owner should even consider voting for this man.
Today I received a Facebook message from a friend of mine who had read my letter:
I'm afraid you may have stretched the truth a bit regarding Obama's actual position re: guns. From the official website:
"As a former constitutional law professor, Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he greatly respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport, and use guns for the purposes of hunting and target shooting. He also believes that the right is subject to reasonable and commonsense regulation."
Wow. You really got my point, didn't you? Because professors from the academic world are typically very knowledgeable about guns and will stand up for the second amendment, right? And candidates' official websites are always 100 percent full of honest truth, right? And "reasonable and commonsense regulation" doesn't mean "whatever the hell Obama and his anti-gun goons want to do," right, because "reasonable" and "commonsense" are very concrete, specific terms that could never possibly be used ambiguously and deceptively, right? And hunting and target shooting are the ONLY POSSIBLE USES FOR GUNS, RIGHT? A situation would never, could never, and will never possibly arise where you need to use a gun for something other than hunting or target shooting. Especially not in Washington, D.C.
This guy wants to strip us of our rights to defend ourselves, while he hides behind armed bodyguards. I sent this fellow a response reiterating basically what I just wrote, but of course, he didn't write back to me.
Because when confronted by facts, people who don't know what they're talking about generally prefer to pretend the conversation never happened instead of admit that they're wrong.
Barack Obama is an enemy of our second amendment rights. As a senator, he sought to ban the sale of all semi-automatic weapons in the state of Illinois. He is in favor of the re-institution of the notorious Federal Assault Weapons ban, which uses arbitrary characteristics such as folding stocks and pistol grips to designate said “assault weapons” – distinctions which are meant to deceive those who do not understand firearms with “scary” words. These so-called assault weapons are used in a tiny proportion of all gun crimes. Furthermore, Obama supports the banning of concealed handguns. In other words, he wants law-abiding citizens to be unable to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense, while criminals who have no regard for the laws whatsoever will go on committing crimes. Lawfully-owned, concealed handguns account for a miniscule percentage of gun crimes. Criminals typically don't bother applying for a carry permit. Obama’s position on guns is the typical ignorant far-left party line. Tell us, Barack, does your opposition to concealed handguns also apply to your bodyguards and security details? Wait, I already know the answer. What a hypocrite! No gun owner should even consider voting for this man.
Today I received a Facebook message from a friend of mine who had read my letter:
I'm afraid you may have stretched the truth a bit regarding Obama's actual position re: guns. From the official website:
"As a former constitutional law professor, Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he greatly respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport, and use guns for the purposes of hunting and target shooting. He also believes that the right is subject to reasonable and commonsense regulation."
Wow. You really got my point, didn't you? Because professors from the academic world are typically very knowledgeable about guns and will stand up for the second amendment, right? And candidates' official websites are always 100 percent full of honest truth, right? And "reasonable and commonsense regulation" doesn't mean "whatever the hell Obama and his anti-gun goons want to do," right, because "reasonable" and "commonsense" are very concrete, specific terms that could never possibly be used ambiguously and deceptively, right? And hunting and target shooting are the ONLY POSSIBLE USES FOR GUNS, RIGHT? A situation would never, could never, and will never possibly arise where you need to use a gun for something other than hunting or target shooting. Especially not in Washington, D.C.
This guy wants to strip us of our rights to defend ourselves, while he hides behind armed bodyguards. I sent this fellow a response reiterating basically what I just wrote, but of course, he didn't write back to me.
Because when confronted by facts, people who don't know what they're talking about generally prefer to pretend the conversation never happened instead of admit that they're wrong.