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December 09, 2008

Obama: "No Need To Stock Up On Guns..."

Well, this is a relief, isn't it?

As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning Americans do not need to rush out and stock up before he is sworn in next month.

"I believe in common-sense gun safety laws, and I believe in the second amendment," Obama said at a news conference. "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear. I said that throughout the campaign. I haven't indicated anything different during the transition. I think people can take me at my word."

Great, Mr. President Elect!

Like, er...this word?


Obama answered "yes" in 1996 to a questionnaire from an Illinois group on whether he supported a handgun ban. But he later said a staffer filled out that answer and he did not support a ban.

Hmmm.

But I have to say I'm a tad more concerned about the words of one of your supporters

"We don't dispute [the gun sales hike] because the numbers from the federal system certainly confirm that there is increased activity out there. We just think it's a bit stupid," said Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence.

"Anyone who thinks they need to rush out and buy a firearm clearly has not been paying attention to how quickly we make progress on this issue. We don't think these are first-time buyers. We think they are people who already have more than enough guns at their homes to protect themselves and are buying more."

In other words, "we are planning to make things much more restrictive but we're not there yet."

And, as a side note, who the hell are you buddy to pontificate on why someone should be allowed to have guns or how many is "more than enough." The Constitution doesn't say that people can have guns only for home defense or hunting; it says "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." So if people want to collect them, use rifles a la Gaston in all of their decorating, whatever, they can and should and must be allowed to.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at December 9, 2008 07:20 AM

Comments

Not only are they pontificating, they are condescending, and arrogantly so. That sort of behavior is "just a bit stupid".

Posted by: JeffS at December 9, 2008 09:22 AM

Obama is even more anti-gun than Schumer and Waxman. That lying sack of crap has even supported measures to prosecute people who defend themselves with a gun.

Don't be fooled.

Posted by: Gunslinger at December 9, 2008 05:59 PM