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In discussions of the recent remarks from Senator Obama that small town folks are bitter and "cling to guns" there have been questions about the Senator's stance on gun rights.
Senator Obama tried to clarify his remarks with the following statement:
"When people suggest I was somehow being elitist and demeaning hunters when I have repeatedly talked about the tradition that people pass on from generation to generation, hunters and sportsmen, and how I have consistently spoken about my respect for the Second Amendment. When people try to suggest that I was demeaning those traditions, then it sounds like there's some politics being played."
Like it or not, gun control will again be a wedge issue in this election so I think we should examine this issue. I believe that politicians, on the campaign trail, will say whatever they think the public wants to hear in order to make themselves more appealing. I also believe that politicians will distort facts to make their opponent less appealing. For these reasons, I'd like to ignore what the candidates are saying in regard to Obama's stand on Second Ammendment rights and let his record speak for itself.
As a state legislator in Illinois, Obama supported banning the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic firearms, increasing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms and requiring manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms. He supported a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns.He sponsored a bill in 2000 limiting handgun purchases to one per month. He voted against a 2004 measure that allowed self-defense as an affirmative defense to those charged with violating local laws making it otherwise unlawful for such persons to possess firearms. Although out of line with most of his anti-gun voting history, in 1999, Obama voted "present" on SB 759, a bill that required mandatory adult prosecution for firing a gun on or near school grounds. The bill passed the state Senate 52?1. Illinois allows lawmakers to abstain from issues by voting present instead of yes or no.
Obama was also a board member of the Joyce Foundation which funds and maintains several gun control organizations in the United States.
He supported several gun control measures, including restricting the purchase of firearms at gun shows and the reauthorization of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. While in the US Senate, Obama has voted against legislation protecting firearm manufacturers from liability. Obama did vote in favor of the 2006 Vitter Amendment to prohibit the confiscation of lawful firearms during an emergency or major disaster, which passed 84-16.
During a February 15, 2008 press conference, Obama stated, "I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it's subject to commonsense regulation." He voiced support for the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, for which arguments pro and con were heard by the Supreme Court in March 2008 in the case D.C. v. Heller. Obama has also stated his opposition to allowing citizens to carry concealed guns.
Obama is rated F by the National Rifle Association. The NRA describes the recipient of its F grade as a "true enemy of gun owners' rights." He is also rated F by Gun Owners of America who stated that Obama will "Get the Dems 'Barack' into the Business of Gun Control".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...rack_Obama#Gun_control
Senator Obama tried to clarify his remarks with the following statement:
"When people suggest I was somehow being elitist and demeaning hunters when I have repeatedly talked about the tradition that people pass on from generation to generation, hunters and sportsmen, and how I have consistently spoken about my respect for the Second Amendment. When people try to suggest that I was demeaning those traditions, then it sounds like there's some politics being played."
Like it or not, gun control will again be a wedge issue in this election so I think we should examine this issue. I believe that politicians, on the campaign trail, will say whatever they think the public wants to hear in order to make themselves more appealing. I also believe that politicians will distort facts to make their opponent less appealing. For these reasons, I'd like to ignore what the candidates are saying in regard to Obama's stand on Second Ammendment rights and let his record speak for itself.
As a state legislator in Illinois, Obama supported banning the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic firearms, increasing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms and requiring manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms. He supported a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns.He sponsored a bill in 2000 limiting handgun purchases to one per month. He voted against a 2004 measure that allowed self-defense as an affirmative defense to those charged with violating local laws making it otherwise unlawful for such persons to possess firearms. Although out of line with most of his anti-gun voting history, in 1999, Obama voted "present" on SB 759, a bill that required mandatory adult prosecution for firing a gun on or near school grounds. The bill passed the state Senate 52?1. Illinois allows lawmakers to abstain from issues by voting present instead of yes or no.
Obama was also a board member of the Joyce Foundation which funds and maintains several gun control organizations in the United States.
He supported several gun control measures, including restricting the purchase of firearms at gun shows and the reauthorization of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. While in the US Senate, Obama has voted against legislation protecting firearm manufacturers from liability. Obama did vote in favor of the 2006 Vitter Amendment to prohibit the confiscation of lawful firearms during an emergency or major disaster, which passed 84-16.
During a February 15, 2008 press conference, Obama stated, "I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it's subject to commonsense regulation." He voiced support for the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, for which arguments pro and con were heard by the Supreme Court in March 2008 in the case D.C. v. Heller. Obama has also stated his opposition to allowing citizens to carry concealed guns.
Obama is rated F by the National Rifle Association. The NRA describes the recipient of its F grade as a "true enemy of gun owners' rights." He is also rated F by Gun Owners of America who stated that Obama will "Get the Dems 'Barack' into the Business of Gun Control".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...rack_Obama#Gun_control
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