Fact-checking AttackWatch's Gun Control “Gossip”

The US Report ^ | Sep. 29, 2011 | Chris Carter

[FatMax]

By now, many Americans have already heard about AttackWatch, which is another campaign to further the narrative of the Obama administration by attacking anyone opposing the president's agenda.

The website's banner tells readers to “Get the facts” and “Fight the smears.” But at AttackWatch, it seems as though one man's facts are another man's smears.

Rather than writing an exposé on the website and their owners, I will expand on one issue brought up by AttackWatch: gun control “gossip.” Clicking on the link, readers are greeted with a sinister, all-red image of former UN Ambassador John Bolton – the alleged smear-monger. His crime? Making “outlandish” claims that President Obama would use international law to confiscate guns from American citizens.

The website asks readers: “Have you seen or heard this attack?” I'll admit the yes and no checkboxes under the diabolical image of Bolton and the informal charge sheet has a subliminal effect on me. I can't help but imagine Mr. Bolton's next “attack” will either be sinking submarines or sabotaging ball bearing factories.

This would be comical if it weren't for the fact that Attack Watch is paid for by “Obama for America” – the same group that operates barackobama.com, the president's official website.

“President Obama believes in common sense gun control laws compatible with Second Amendment rights,” AttackWatch tells its readers.

For one: we must be suspicious when politicians use words like “common sense.” Common sense to an anti-gun politician may mean something entirely different than it does to law-abiding gun owners.

And if what AttackWatch says is true, point to his pro-gun record. Show how this administration has stood up for the gun owners. Use this opportunity to highlight the “pro-gun” record of Obama's appointees like Eric Holder, Van Jones, and Elena Kagan...

[FatMax]

Isn't this the third time they have tried this thing? Flag your neighbor (flag@whitehouse.gov) and something about Fight the Smears around the 2008 campaign?

[Puppage]

“President Obama believes in common sense gun control laws compatible with Second Amendment rights,”

Yeah, because NONE of the current 10,000+ gun laws on the books have any common sense attached to them. It's that ten thousandth & FIRST law that'll do the trick. Really it will.

[FatMax]

Funny.

[KarlInOhio]

But at the same time Obama's BATF is sending piñatas full of guns as birthday favors for the children of Mexican drug lords.

[BigpapaBo]

Their idea of gun control is-

Buy AR’s, AK’s and Barret M107’s for the narco-terrorists.

Imagine what they would do to/for law abiding citizens.
I’d like a MacMillan TAC-50 personally, Should I ask Nolder or Osbama?

[immadashell]

“Common sense” and “politician” are mutually exclusive.

[FatMax]

It’s obvious that Fast and Furious was intended to pave the way for gun control legislation - maybe the UN Arms Trade Treaty - but in court it’s the believability of the admissible evidence. I wonder how much damage - if any - this will do to the administration.

[MarkL]

I wonder how much damage - if any - this will do to the administration.

There's an old saying about certain politicians: "The only thing that would sink him is finding a live boy or a dead girl in his bed." Well, there's no bed, but over 200 dead bodies are piled up, including 2 US agents. But given the state of the US media, those dead bodies may not matter.

Mark