Posted on 10/18/2012 12:10:46 PM PDT by neverdem
The National Rifle Association, jumping on President Obama's new and firm support for a Clinton-style assault weapons ban, is stepping up its attack on the president in Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Wisconsin with a new "we told you so" theme.
David Keene, president of the NRA, told Secrets, "the president has ratified what we have been saying" in ads and mailings to pro-gun voters. "See, he peeked out and finally said what he wants," said Keene.
In his 2008 campaign and while president, Obama has distanced himself from gun issues, aware that it could hurt him politically in key battleground states. But when pressed about gun violence during the Tuesday town hall-style presidential debate, he fully embraced a Clinton-style assault weapons ban. Clinton's ban expired in 2004.
Suggesting a ban not just on semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15 but maybe even handguns, the most popular rifle in America, the president said, "What I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally. Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced. But part of it is also looking at other sources of the violence. Because frankly, in my hometown of Chicago, there's an awful lot of violence and they're not using AK-47s. They're using cheap handguns."
Keene said that Obama's statement was a "strategic error on his part" because it blew up the president's pro-Second Amendment rhetoric. "He knows it's politically dangerous to take on the Second Amendment," said Keene.
"We have credibility when we say that Barack Obama is a threat to your rights. But that credibility is obviously enhanced 10-fold when Barack Obama, in a moment of weakness, says, 'Yeah, as a matter of fact I am.' And that's what he did," said Keene...
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I’d sure as sh!t love to see him go for it. I could then cash in my 401K, buy the arsenal I’ve always wanted and live comfortably selling it off piece by piece for ‘new market’ value!
He's pretty much given up being careful about what he says, he's grasping at straws, counting the days, and contemplating moving to Hawaii in January.
After that, it's the good life, no problems, fat speaking fees, and all the lifetime perks of an ex-president. The temporal heaven of any lifetime public employee with connections.
The newest knee pad liberal moderator won’t be handed a file with this question included... no questions about gun control are included because the issue works FOR conservatives.
Why are we participating in rigged debates? Why?
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If you want to see the medical professional go white as a sheet, tell them that the office malpractice carrier might be interested in the boundary violation that they are in the midst of committing.
Get them to STFU right away. Boundary violations are, you see, people giving advice or practicing in areas in which they aren’t licensed...which means that if they get sued as a result, the malpractice coverage never kicks in and they are PERSONALLY liable. Since medical professionals aren’t licensed home safety or firearms experts, they are committing said boundary violation.
The thugs committing the violence in Chicago will resort to knives or stone and bricks if they have to. The guns are just easier.
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