On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:56:44 -0700 (PDT), PissingOffTheLeft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>AP: "WA****NGTON - Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense,
>the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever
>pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second
>Amendment."
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns;_ylt=Akq6SY0emEjBr3qEwUM7b6Ks0NUE
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http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3991
On the Second Amendment, Don’t Believe Obama!
Friday, June 06, 2008
The presidential primary season is finally over, and it is now time
for gun owners to take a careful look at just where apparent nominee
Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During
the primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of sup****t
for “s****tsmen” or unfounded claims of general sup****t for the right
to keep and bear arms.
Print PDF version:
http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/2008Obamafactsht.pdf
But his real record, based on votes taken, political associations, and
long standing positions, shows that Barack Obama is a serious threat
to Second Amendment liberties. Don’t listen to his campaign rhetoric!
Look instead to what he has said and done during his entire political
career.
FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to
bankrupt the firearms industry.1
FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and discredited
Clinton Gun Ban.2
FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly
used for hunting and s****t shooting.3
FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun owner****p.2
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts local gun bans in Chicago, Wa****ngton,
D.C., and other cities.4
FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal
prosecution of people who use firearms in self-defense.5
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts gun owner licensing and gun registration.6
FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in
sup****t of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.
FACT: Barack Obama opposes Right to Carry laws.7
FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce
Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and
“research.”8
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ted a proposal to ban gun stores within 5
miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every gun
store in America.9
FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when the state of
Illinois did records searches on them.10
FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the Firearms
Owners Identification card age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure
designed to assist young people in the military.11
FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.12
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts mandatory micro-stamping.13
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts mandatory waiting periods.2
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, which
prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being
used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers.14
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts one-gun-a-month sales restrictions.9
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts a ban on inexpensive handguns.9
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts a ban on the resale of police issued
firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for
replacement equipment.9
FACT: Barack Obama sup****ts mandatory firearm training requirements
for all gun owners and a ban on gun owner****p for persons under the
age of 21.9
1. United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 219, July 2, 2005.
(http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00219)
2. Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent Precinct Organization
general candidate questionnaire, Sept. 9, 1996. The responses on this
survey were described in “Obama had greater role on liberal survey,”
Politico, March 31, 20087.
(http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9269.html)
3. United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 217, Kennedy amendment
July 2, 2005.
(http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00217)
4. David Wright, Ursula Fahy and Sunlen Miller, "Obama: 'Common Sense
Regulation' On Gun Owners' Rights," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog,
http://blogs.abcnews.com,
2/15/08.
(http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/obama-common-se.html)
5. Illinois Senate, March 25, 2004 SB 2165, vote 20.
6. “Fact Check: No News In Obama's Consistent Record.” Obama ’08,
December 11, 2007.
(http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/11/fact_check_no_news_in_obamas_c.php)
7. “Candidates' gun control positions may figure in Pa. vote,”
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Wednesday, April 2, 2008, and "Keyes, Obama
Are Far Apart On Guns," Chicago Tribune, 9/15/04.
(http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_560181.html)
8. 1998 Joyce Foundation Annual Re****t, p. 7.
(http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/98_AnnualRe****t.pdf)
9. “Obama and Gun Control,” The Volokh Conspiracy, taken from the
Chicago Defender, Dec. 13, 1999.
(http://www.volokh.com/posts/1203389334.shtml)
10. Illinois Senate, May 5, 2002, SB 1936 Con., vote 26.
11. Illinois Senate, March 25, 2003, SB 2163, vote 18.
12. “Clinton, Edwards, Obama on gun control,” Radio Iowa, Sunday,
April 22, 2007.
(http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2007/04/clinton_edwards.html)
13. Chicago Tribune blogs, “Barack Obama: NIU Shootings call for
action,” February 15, 2008,
(http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/barack_obama_comments_on_shoot.html)
14. Barack Obama campaign website: “As president, Barack Obama would
repeal the Tiahrt Amendment . . .”
(http://www.barackobama.com/issues/urbanpolicy/#crime-and-law-enforcement.)
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