” meaning those who would defend themselves from the thugs who attack innocents.”
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No, it is more to suppress citizen action that might thwart his move to turn the USA into the USSA. Dear leader does not want you interrupting the “glorious” revolution.
That was the second half of my post: “Obama also wants to disarm those who took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, at least those who meant that oath.”