Posted on 02/07/2013 4:44:49 AM PST by marktwain
President Obama hit the road Monday on a nationwide gun-grabbing tour. His show doesn’t have many fans inside the Beltway, since being seen favoring gun control can be the kiss of death for senators with rural constituencies. So Mr. Obama is trying to shore up fence-sitting members by bringing his community organizing skills to their districts.
His first stop was Minnesota. “I need everybody who’s listening to keep the pressure on your member of Congress to do the right thing,” said Mr. Obama, surrounded by uniformed officers at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center.
“Ask them if they support common-sense reforms like requiring universal background checks or restoring the ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.” Mr. Obama added, “Tell them now is the time for action, that we’re not going to wait until the next Newtown or the next Aurora.”
An extensive 2002 study by the Centers for Disease Control examined firearms laws from all across the country and concluded none were effective in thwarting violent criminals. Such facts can’t always stand up to the effect an all-out White House campaign can have on public opinion. A Pew Research Center Poll released Thursday shows that support for the “assault weapons” ban reached 55 percent. Two years ago, a Gallup poll put support for the ban at only 43 percent.
Liberal governors are harnessing the public’s fears and sense of helplessness over rare mass shootings to rush through new gun control laws. Since New York hastily enacted a radical law earlier this month, five others states — New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware and Maryland — have tried to fast-track their own onerous restrictions before memories of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School begin to fade.
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It is up to us to get the truth out. We are the new media.
Ozero likes theatrics. I got a kick out of those uniformed officers standing behind Obama like zombies. If I was a Minneapolis cop I would have stayed home that day.
If people really did the right thing, they would get rid of the POS by impeaching him as a traitor to our country.
Point being that you're not, and they're the type of people who goose step along with 0bama. The police are not our friends, and they're not "on our side."
Obama just likes campaigning instead of staying in Washington and getting his budget straight(He missed filing a budget again) doing his job to protect America, and finding jobs for the jobless.
This is just another opportunity to get away from the Wookie and tour with his male Friends.
“I need everybody who’s listening to keep the pressure on your member of Congress to do the right thing,”
Taking it out of context, he said something right. That’s just what I intend to do. Congress should support the Constitution.
He has been using the “common sense” terminology a lot lately. Where did he get that from?
Any public official who allows themself to be photographed with Zero can be considered a threat to individual liberty.
What is a Wookie? Do I really want to know?
Unfortunately all public employees are motivated by their “benefits” and beholden to their unions.
Kind of makes you think that they shouldn't be allowed to vote doesn't it?
“I need everybody who’s listening to keep the pressure on your member of Congress to do the right thing,”
Exactly so - i.e., keep your f*cking hands off the Second Amendment and make d*mned sure that this socialist government adheres strictly to the constitution until they’re swept from power four years from now.
Good idea !
See the Star Trek Series.
A Wookie is a character in that series.
South Carolina Roadblock
When you have a Governor like Nikki Haley and ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON coupled with the Abbeville County Sheriff Ronnie Ashley, whats to worry about.
Where they stand on the 2nd amendment..
Governor Nikki Haley
Few things are as clearly defined as the right of individual Americans to own and use firearms. The right to bear arms was deemed so critical by our Founders that they spelled it out in absolute terms, and it is my belief that any governmental action that undermines that right is in turn undermining the very freedoms that built our great nation. As governor, I will continue to fight against any government infringement on the 2nd Amendment.
My stance on guns: As a (Concealed Weapons Permit) holder, I am pro 2nd amendment and pro 10th amendment and will defend both. I would support open carry and reciprocity with any other state.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON STATEMENT ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND GUN RIGHTS
“As your Attorney General, I have a sworn duty to uphold the Constitutions of South Carolina and the United States – including the Second Amendment. I am fully committed to doing just that. I am a firm believer in both the Second and Tenth Amendments, and I remain opposed to constant attempts by the federal government to erode them.”
330 County Sheriffs Will Defend the Constitution. One of them is our South Carolina Abbeville County Sheriff Ronnie Ashley
Other South Carolina Sheriff’s that are on board.
Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt
Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews
Lexington County Sheriff James Metts
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright
York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant
Senate Bill’s in play
S.Bill 224
TO NULLIFY IN SOUTH CAROLINA ANY PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER RESTRICTING, ABRIDGING, OR OTHERWISE INFRINGING UPON A CITIZEN’S SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
S.Bill 247 Unorganized Militia
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 25-1-80 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNORGANIZED MILITIA.
SECTION 25-1-1890. Call of unorganized militia to service in addition to National Guard.
In the event of or imminent danger of war, insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot, resistance to law or process or breach of the peace, if the Governor shall have ordered into active service all of the available forces of the National Guard of South Carolina and shall consider them insufficient in numbers to properly accomplish the purpose, he may then in addition order out the unorganized militia or such portion thereof as he may deem necessary and cause them to perform such military duty as the circumstances may require.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 44-119; 1952 Code Section 44-120; 1950 (46) 1881; 1964 (53) 2241.
Jeeze, some Mother's kids!
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