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Shooting Straight: How Presidential Candidates Have Changed On Gun Control
Ammo.com ^ | 6/29/2023 | Brian Miller

Posted on 06/29/2023 4:46:28 PM PDT by ammodotcom

In the run up to the 2012 election, both President Obama and Governor Romney downplayed the topic of gun control – even though Americans were on pace to buy more firearms than ever before. Because neither candidate was an avid shooter, special interest groups such as the NRA and the Brady Campaign dominated much of the campaign rhetoric.

With this presidency came huge responsibility to the Second Amendment, as the previous four years had seen two high-profile 2A cases narrowly decided by split 5-4 decisions. President Obama’s victory ended up resulting in two appointments to the Supreme Court – Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan – neither of whom have done any favors for gun rights.

It's important to look at how each candidate's position on gun control has evolved over time since entering the political arena. This infographic is a great example of how this has happened in a recent election – and you'll see that both candidates started out more in favor of gun control than either campaign would like you to remember. It’s a stark reminder of why it’s important to research a candidate’s political past.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: banglist; blogkaren; blogpimp; blogwhiner; government; guns; politics; secondamendment

1 posted on 06/29/2023 4:46:28 PM PDT by ammodotcom
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I don’t think we should GAS about what the half black Kenyan agitator thinks about guns. That’s none of his Kenyen ass business.


2 posted on 06/29/2023 4:50:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A man in NM is killed over a movie theater seat. The azhos in The Swamp think guns are the problem. )
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The Kenyan cares only about himself. Take our guns away and kiss America good-bye as they provide only one thing; keeping the beaureaucrats in check. Without guns Americans would be enslaved in two years and living like a Socialist.


4 posted on 06/29/2023 5:15:26 PM PDT by chopperk ( C)
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5 posted on 06/29/2023 6:17:39 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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6 posted on 06/29/2023 9:14:49 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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7 posted on 06/30/2023 5:30:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: chopperk

The aspiring slave masters know it.


8 posted on 06/30/2023 11:30:25 AM PDT by ammodotcom
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