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Obama: Gun-control advocates have to listen more
Yahoo News ^ | Jan 27, 2013 | AP

Posted on 01/27/2013 4:17:42 AM PST by driftdiver

President Barack Obama says gun-control advocates have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes in the debate over firearms in America.

In an interview with The New Republic, Obama says he has "a profound respect" for the tradition of hunting that dates back for generations.

"And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake. Part of being able to move this forward is understanding the reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas," he says.

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"Yes," the president says, "in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; secondamendment
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I think the key message is he is admitting they underestimated the response to this push and they are having to recalibrate their attack.


21 posted on 01/27/2013 5:00:20 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
"And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake. Part of being able to move this forward is understanding the reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas," (Obama) Really - this guy didn't think so Hey - Barry - they weren't deer hunting - they were protecting their families - their businesses (that they built) - and freedoms. The LA Riots - no need for assault weapons in this urban environment uh Barry? Can we impeach Barry so the rest of the US can get on with living???
22 posted on 01/27/2013 5:00:46 AM PST by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: driftdiver
Obama: Gun-control advocates have to listen more

Patent BULLSHIT. Give king "O" the same as we gave King George a couple of hundred years ago.

23 posted on 01/27/2013 5:01:07 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: driftdiver

I also have a “profound respect” for the tradition of hunting. It puts food on the table. I also have fun shooting at targets and varmits with my .223 as a form of recreation. I am a law abiding citizen who handles weapons with the utmost safety. But my weapons are also for personal protection against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I want to have a weapon of equal or higher capability than anyone who would choose to attack me or my family. That Mr. President is why I will NEVER give up my Constitutional freedom to bear arms.


24 posted on 01/27/2013 5:01:46 AM PST by ImNotLying (The MSM bears a close resemblance to the world's oldest profession!)
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To: Sir Napsalot
Obama is at least a socialist, if not a communist.

I wonder if he knows the history of what communist/socialist tyrants have done to their people after they disarmed them.....we will not let it happen to us without resistance. We will not comply. We will not just hand them over to tyrants.

I recommend that socialists who back this tyranny leave the country right now. The people will be hunting them with dogs if they continue on this line. Once violence begins....OMG!

25 posted on 01/27/2013 5:05:20 AM PST by Rapscallion (If you don't like his tyranny, wait until you get his social justice bill.)
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To: driftdiver
No more gun control laws. Members of Congress who may have bought into the myth that hunters support this administration's attack on our rights need only contact Reed. We are dug in, unified and will not give one inch. Trample our rights at your own peril.

Can you hear me now?

26 posted on 01/27/2013 5:05:38 AM PST by EagleInGA
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To: driftdiver

So the founding fathers, who raised an army of volunteers largely self-armed, who overthrow an established government, put the Second Amendment to the US Constitution in place to secure the right to squirrel hunt? This guy is amazingly ignorant of our history. He’s all for arming drug dealers in Mexico and Islamists in Libya and Syria, but when it comes to law-abiding Americans all he sees is bitter people clinging to God and guns. What an arrogant fool he is.


27 posted on 01/27/2013 5:10:24 AM PST by elhombrelibre
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To: driftdiver
Obama says he has "a profound respect" for the tradition of hunting

I think he needs to listen a little more. What a moron.
28 posted on 01/27/2013 5:11:16 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Chainmail

Second Amendment defenders do have to contend with the Fudds among us, though I believe many of the latter are realizing that the current battle affects them, too.

That scoped bolt action deer rifle? “Medium range sniper weapon, ban it.”

Your .357 revolver? “For police use only, turn it in.”

My 870 pump shotgun? “Too easily combatized & should be used by police only.”

Your .22 revolver? “Favored by criminals & muggers, turn it in.”

That .177 air rifle? “Hazardous to children, can’t have it.”

Antique flintlock musket? “Black powder is an explosive used to bomb government buildings. Should be illegal.”

The list is endless..............


29 posted on 01/27/2013 5:12:51 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Chainmail
Is it a democracy anymore when citizens can't be trusted with semiautos but the government troops are armed to the teeth?

What do they trust citizens with?!

You cannot choose the size of beverage you want, you cannot choose the car you want, you cannot choose the health insurance policy you want.

But they do trust you to abort your children.......after all, those are peasant children.

30 posted on 01/27/2013 5:14:22 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: driftdiver

Dear King Barry,
I think you need to listen more....but maybe Larry Sinclair damaged your ears in the back of that limo...

...and maybe you should read that thingy you wipe your butt with....the Constitution...


31 posted on 01/27/2013 5:24:21 AM PST by JZoback
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To: driftdiver

No, Mr. President, YOU need to do more listening. And here’s your first listening assignment:

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Now, go to your law books and look up the definition in the United States Code of the “militia.” 10 USC 311 if you need the reference.

Now go to a dictionary and look up “people,” Mr. Constitutional Law Perfesser With Sealed Records.

Now shut the hell up.

}:-)4


32 posted on 01/27/2013 5:26:41 AM PST by Moose4 (...and walk away.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
"I seem to recall being told over and over and over that this f@%ing moron was a lecturer on the Constitution....or a Constitutional Scholar or some other horseshit."

In the same sense that Adolf Eichmann was an expert on Judaism.


33 posted on 01/27/2013 5:29:08 AM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Rapscallion
"America is on the verge of civil war and this ass is talking skeet shooting. He has lost it."

I'm not sure that he ever "had" it. His behavior on this and many other issues is that of an immature, petutlant, not too bright teenager. I'm not convinced that he has the intellectual capacity to understand complex issues.

34 posted on 01/27/2013 5:34:16 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: elhombrelibre
Obama is neither a fool nor ignorant of US history. He understands the Constitution, and he knows exactly what he is doing. He is sounding reasonable to all those citizens who neither own a gun nor understand the Constitutional implications of his actions. This is all about public perception and image. Vilify the NRA and the "fringe", mold and leverage public opinion through the MSM and divide the GOP.

Do not underestimate this man. He is cunning and he is very intelligent. He plans to win through deceit and division. We need to stand together. We need to spread the word. We need to work our tails off. Otherwise, he will win.

35 posted on 01/27/2013 5:35:12 AM PST by EagleInGA
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To: EagleInGA

Its not just Obama we’re fighting. There is a large cadre of well organized and funded communists who are working for the downfall of America.


36 posted on 01/27/2013 5:38:17 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Venturer

I’d like to ask him “How does Michelle cook the skeet and what does it taste like?”

I guess this guy doesn’t realize that there are a lot of feral hogs running around in a lot of cities that need to be hunted. In fact, there’s a whole bunch of feral animals in the large cities.


37 posted on 01/27/2013 5:41:28 AM PST by Terry Mross
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To: BCW
Don't you understand, it was just redistribution and they were taking what was owed. (sarc)
This is why I think “will not be infringed” includes full auto.
38 posted on 01/27/2013 5:41:41 AM PST by hans56
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To: driftdiver

No where in the Constitution is hunting mentioned.

BUT the 2nd Amendment states that the right to bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. (pretty clear)


39 posted on 01/27/2013 5:46:33 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Sir Napsalot

>>> If they think Obama skeet shooting pic would win him votes, that photo would be out 5 years already.

Finally figured out Obama speak.

It must be because Obama is playing Wii or Xbox “skeet shooting” instead.

However, I think it is more likely that the Obamas doing “Dance Central” or something like that.


40 posted on 01/27/2013 5:55:25 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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