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Obama's Shifting Positions Leave Questions Unanswered On Guns...
IBD Editorials ^ | July 24, 2008 | John R. Lott jr

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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; banglist; barackobama; bitter; democrats; electionpresident; elections; flipflop; guncontrol; gunvote; issues; nobama; nobama08; obama; obamatruthfile; secondamendment; shallnotbeinfringed; unfitforcommand

1 posted on 07/24/2008 5:47:11 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Surely no one seriously expect Ms Ifill to challenge The One on anything. She wants to be his Baby Mama . . . .


2 posted on 07/24/2008 5:50:04 PM PDT by surely_you_jest ( Obamarrhoids are a pain in the ass . . . .)
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To: Kaslin
Obama's Shifting Positions Leave Questions Unanswered On Guns...

Actually, I think it answers the main question -- "should I own one?" -- with a decisive "yes."

3 posted on 07/24/2008 5:50:14 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand ([john barelycorn] must die.)
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To: Kaslin

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.


4 posted on 07/24/2008 5:54:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Kaslin

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.


5 posted on 07/24/2008 5:55:39 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Kaslin

Trust him at your own peril.


6 posted on 07/24/2008 5:55:43 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" Since 11/20/06)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Anyone who does, is a fool


7 posted on 07/24/2008 5:57:40 PM PDT by Kaslin (Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
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To: Kaslin

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....


8 posted on 07/24/2008 6:01:46 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Romans 10.10/Eze 11.2)
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To: Kaslin
How can anyone possibly doubt that Obama is a gun-grabber?
9 posted on 07/24/2008 6:03:15 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: Kaslin

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.


10 posted on 07/24/2008 6:03:52 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Kaslin
If anyone has their eye on an AK-47 or AR-15, they might just want to go ahead and buy now.

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.

11 posted on 07/24/2008 6:03:53 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: Kaslin

Please. Let me add to that. Anyone who does anything to allow that clown into the White House is a fool.


12 posted on 07/24/2008 6:29:29 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: Shooter 2.5

ditto


13 posted on 07/24/2008 6:32:34 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Kaslin
Blasphemers!!! How dare any of you question the honesty and integrity of the Liberal Messiah. Anything he says is the truth, even if it contradicts something he said earlier. You're small minds simply can't comprehend his greatness.

;)

14 posted on 07/24/2008 6:38:31 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Shooter 2.5

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!!


15 posted on 07/24/2008 6:38:31 PM PDT by mouse1 (ANYONE BUT OBAMA)
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To: mouse1

16 posted on 07/24/2008 7:21:32 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: Kaslin

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.


17 posted on 07/24/2008 7:35:34 PM PDT by calex59
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To: SIDENET

unfortunately I lost my AR15 in a trajic boating accident


18 posted on 07/25/2008 5:12:25 PM PDT by henry_reardon
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To: All

Obama, a rookie who can’t be trusted. Bad combination.


19 posted on 07/26/2008 9:36:39 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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