Posted on 05/25/2012 5:33:57 AM PDT by cap10mike
This election cycle, President Obama’s team is bringing up class warfare, the war on women and Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital. One issue that’s missing, to the disappointment of the left, is gun control.
During his 2008 presidential campaign, Obama called for a ban on the sale or transfer of semi-automatic weapons and more restrictions on purchasing all firearms. I pointed out in a previous column that most handguns sold today are semi-automatic.
Since his inauguration, however, we’ve heard little on gun control from the president. And he’s been given plenty of opportunity to take a stand. There have been several school shootings. There was the Fort Hood tragedy (which the administration lamely called a “work-related incident”). Finally, there was the infamous Jan. 8, 2011, massacre, when U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others were shot during a public gathering in a supermarket parking lot.
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He's waiting until after his re-election to deal with gun control ..... when he has more "flexibility".
Afraid of chicks with guns?
I think I now know why clinton hated guns so much. A really duh moment.
WE just have to make sure that doesn’t happen!!
Can you imagine what he would have looked like if Hillary had a gun — after the Lewinsky incident? He woulda SYLL been walking funny.
I'm convinced that everything else we're seeing the ministry of propaganda report is designed to take the public's eye off of the worst scandal in the history of the US government.
Mark
“Don’t forget that Fast & Furious was designed from the beginning to gin up public support for gun control, something the leftists know they didn’t have.”
It is a curiously blind operation. The correct response to armed cartels is to arm the populace, which is exactly what is happening.
This could turn into a fun thread ...
On a related note, there was a news item today that the Hutaree Militia in Michigan had their guns returned to them. In retrospect that case, too, seems like it was executed primarily to gin up public support for gun control.
Actually the Dems have dropped the issue of gun control since the late 90s really. Their analysis of the GOP victory in 1994 gives a lot of credit to the NRA and opposition to gun control. If you watched Rahm Emmanuel and how he orchestrated the Dems taking back congress in 06, he was very clear that gun control was to be avoided at all costs, and as O’s chief of staff kept up that mantra. This is why the O administration has pursued a stealth anti-gun agenda.
Love it! And I love ‘chicks with guns,’ just don’t piss ‘em off!
I have no doubt but that you’re right. We Americans do love our guns - me included. I just thought it strange that he inserted a pretty strong “gun control plank” in his 2008 platform. Then after that -— nothing.
You betcha! :-)
Hoo-ah! =)
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