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BrianEMT wrote:
There is a massive difference between being a senator and the President. Although people use the "look at his voting record" BS excuse over and over and over again, I would imagine he might actually have a reasonable 2A outlook.
I hate him just as much as the next guy, but let's be reasonable and see what he DOES first.
I respectfully disagree with you based on the following direct quotes from President Elect Barrack Hussein Obama himself:
- "As a general principle, I believe that the Constitution confers an individual right to bear arms. But just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right, in the same way that we have a right to private property but local governments can establish zoning ordinances that determine how you can use it." 2008 Philadelphia Primary Debate, April 16, 2008
In other words, just because we have the individual right to bear arms, the state and local governments should be able to constrain (infringe)our exercise of that right.
Anyone who agrees with this statement doesn't understand the definition of infringement.
- "I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can make sure that criminals don't have guns in their hands. We can make certain that those who are mentally deranged are not getting a hold of handguns. We can trace guns that have been used in crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers that may be selling to straw purchasers and dumping them on the streets." 2008 Philadelphia Primary Debate, April 16, 2008
In short,we needmore legislation on the books to solve a problem that can only be solved with enforcement of existing legislation.
As we all know here, acquiring an illegal gun, illegally acquiring a gun and illegally using a gun are all criminal (or felony) offenses. The people who perpetrate crimes don't give a rip about current laws, so why would additional "common-sense" laws help?
- "I think it's important for us to recognize that we've got a tradition of handgun ownership and gun ownership generally. And a lot of law-abiding citizens use it for hunting, for sportsmanship, and for protecting their families. We also have a violence on the streets that is the result of illegal handgun usage. And so I think there is nothing wrong with a community saying we are going to take those illegal handguns off the streets. And cracking down on the various loopholes that exist in terms of background checks for children, the mentally ill. We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions." 2008 Politico pre-Potomac Primary Interview, February 11, 2008
Read between the lines: What he's saying is that we do have a tradition of handgun ownership, but in communities where violence is a problem, gun bans are justifiable.
I'd like to point out that each of those quotes are not simply his voting record, which speaks very loudly for itself, but are actually from
Presidential Primary Debates and Interviews. Combine the views President Elect Barrack Hussein Obama has stated in the primarieswith his absolutely abysmal voting record and you have a very clear picture of what his goals are.
With the above in mind, if you truly believe we are crying wolf and that he's going to be reasonable on the 2nd amendment as the President, you're in for a very rude awakening.
Lastly, remember that it's congress who's going to make the laws, not President Obama (when he becomes the president) and all Obama can do is veto them. Ifanyone seriously thinks he'll veto any anti-gun legislation, I don't hesitate to call that person delusional.
