Posted on 11/14/2008 10:58:06 AM PST by rellimpank
It's been a week and a half since Barack Obama was elected president. He won't take office for another two months. But he's already got one big group of Americans on their feet.
What is Barack Obama's position on the right to bear arms? Sen. Obama's campaign Web site says he "respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms." It promises he will "protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport and use guns."
Seeking to reassure gun owners, Mr. Obama told a campaign audience in Ohio in October: "I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won't take your handgun away."
But the crowds mobbing America's gun stores this week say a large number of Americans -- including first-time gun buyers -- don't believe him.
In 2003, while serving in the Illinois Legislature, Mr. Obama voted in favor of a bill in the Judiciary Committee that would have made it illegal to "knowingly manufacture, deliver or possess" so-called "semi-automatic assault weapons," reports Chris Cox, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association. "Under this bill, a firearm did not actually have to be semi-automatic to be banned. According to definitions in the bill, all single-shot and double-barreled shotguns 28-gauge or larger, and many semi-automatic shotguns of the same size, would be banned as 'assault weapons.'
(Excerpt) Read more at lvrj.com ...
BTW forgot to welcome you to FR the other day.......
They do have a bit of recoil, don’t they?
uuuhhhhh.....gun porn. Thanks for pic!
If you are in Virginia, try the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL). VERY good organization.
You should learn.
Political, self-defense, and 2nd Amendment issues aside, shooting is just plain FUN!
Let me get this straight. In your state when an issuing judge retires, his rulings are void? That's insane.
>I don’t even know how to load a gun, much less use one.
Just like Windows, Point and Click user interface.
>Well, let’s look at the record. The largest gun roundup in US history took place after the Katrina Incident.
>How many law enforcement agents refused to participate?
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>There’s your answer.
Question: If the ‘officer’ shows up at your doorstep and wants to take your weapon, ala Katrina, would it be ok to shoot him for violating [or trying to] your 2nd Amendment Rights?
Keep in mind that it is also an unreasonable search and seizure.
>Let me get this straight. In your state when an issuing judge retires, his rulings are void? That’s insane.
More than insane. Take that lying b@stid [clerk] to court!
Right.
That is my answer ... I don’t like it, but it is undeniable.
I have one of these for when the SHTF:
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The LTR will keep them at bay while my wife loads this:
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I just called Georgia Arms and they are out of .223 and currently have over 1200 orders to fulfill. The lady said she has not ever seen it this busy.
Funny thing ... the worthless bastards stored them in garbage cans, in a poorly ventilated trailer. For years. In southern Louisiana.
Guess what? They're all rusted and moldy.
Did I mention that NOPD are worthelss bastards?
Can a mod please fix my pictures link?
That’s New York!!!!
So, isn’t lying while in execution of official duties punishable?
I am convinced that the problem is a lot more real than you think.
Time will tell, and it won’t take long.
He didn’t lie. Come on.....read what he said. He said he would not take them away under the constitution. He will take them away under his UN bill that is waiting to be passed due to inaction.
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