Posted on 07/24/2008 5:47:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
Sen. Barack Obama claims there has been only a "shift in emphasis," not "wild shifts," in his political positions. Many already know the list: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, NAFTA, public financing of campaigns, abortion, gay marriage, Social Security taxes, the death penalty and negotiating with rogue nations.
Possibly one of the more remarkable changes has been his position on guns.
But despite Obama's recent concession on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" that there has been a "shift in emphasis" on various issues, on guns he held firm: "You mentioned the gun position. I've been talking about the Second Amendment being an individual right for the last year and a half. So there wasn't a shift there."
Unfortunately, the interviewer, Gwen Ifill, didn't challenge his claim.
The day the Supreme Court struck Washington, D.C.'s gun ban, Obama claimed the court's decision merely confirmed his own view. He told Fox News he had "said consistently that I believe that the Second Amendment is an individual right, and that was the essential decision that the Supreme Court came down on."
So has Obama consistently supported individuals' rights to own guns and opposed the D.C. handgun ban?
Last November, Obama's campaign told the Chicago Tribune that "Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional." After Obama's statement supporting the Supreme Court striking down the ban, the campaign quickly disowned the Chicago Tribune quote as a staffer's "inartful attempt" to characterize his position.
Unfortunately, however, Obama personally voiced support for the D.C. ban at other times. In February, he did this himself, not something that he could blame on a staffer.
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Surely no one seriously expect Ms Ifill to challenge The One on anything. She wants to be his Baby Mama . . . .
Actually, I think it answers the main question -- "should I own one?" -- with a decisive "yes."
We know where B-HO stands on the 2A:
He’d nominate anti-2A liberal activist judges and he’d sign any gun-grabbing legislation that reached his desk.
Gwen Ifill challenge Obambi’s lie? Are you kidding? She would happily carry his water over miles of razor-sharp shards, barefooted, to see him get elected POTUS.
Trust him at your own peril.
Anyone who does, is a fool
Anecdotal but a fellow FReeper from VA mentioned that they were polled extensively and the subject of “Gun Control” was a big issue, the Obamao may be feeling the heat of the his anti RTKBA bias....
Oh he’s quite clear.
HE WANTS TO DISARM AMERICA, CAUSE WE’RE THE BAD GUYS.
Where is that video in his own words?
Someone here has to have it.
I've talked to guys at multiple gun shops and they told me that sales, particularly those of AR-15s (and variants) have been brisk.
Please. Let me add to that. Anyone who does anything to allow that clown into the White House is a fool.
ditto
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I keep hearing “I’m tired of choosing between the lesser of two evils” or “I’m not voting because McCain’s not conservative enough”. This may be the most important election in history. It is everyone’s right and responsibility to cast their vote in November. Obama is dangerous to America and our freedoms. Obama is dangerous to the world.
A vote for McCain is a vote against obama!!
There are no unanswered questions on the 2nd amendment with Obama, he is against it, he is for confiscation and banning of all firearms in the US. Plain and simple. He is a marxist, a communist, an a**hat of the first order. He is excrement under our shoes, he is not presidential material.
unfortunately I lost my AR15 in a trajic boating accident
Obama, a rookie who can’t be trusted. Bad combination.
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