I guess two points, which may have already been brought up.

First, the man is untroubled by facts when it comes to taking positions he thinks will promote him.

Second, he cannot pick aides who think independently and/or listen to them. Otherwise, one would have done the homework on “shall issue” and prevailed on the boss to avoid (another) asinine statement.

Methinks he will lose unless Republicans allow him to win. Hillary will get a consolation prize instead of the nomination so she can be ready for 2012, IMO.

At least Barry disinvited Wright to his lauch party.

A Loser, dangerous to himself as well as the rest of us.

sure!!!? The scary part is that people like you give the lefties all kinds of ammo.

jerrytbg on April 3, 2008 at 9:40 PM

How do we give the lefties ammo by lawfully possessing firearms and teaching our children how and when to use them in a lawful manner?

My son got his FIRST rifle at 10. He already knew how to zero his sites, was certified in fire arms safety, was a member of the local rifle & pistol club and is a better shot than most of the Marines I served with.

Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest.

– From the Declaration of the Continental Congress, July 1775.

“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”

– Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

it is subject to common-sense regulation just like most of our rights are subject to common-sense regulation

These fascistic assertions make my blood boil. America is founded on the inviolable nature of our rights. ‘Liberals’ like Obama and his vulgar ilk simply wish to declare the supremacy of the state and force us to bow our heads. Their kinda talk starts righteous wars.

My rights are subject to nothing and nobody. If you wish to come and suppress my rights, you will receive an object lesson in the merits of the 2nd Amendment.

OK, I’m going out tomorrow to get “something” before this guy gets elected or the USSC makes some nutty decision. Any suggestions?
24K lady

If you have the money…buy the FN Five-seveN.

20 rounds of non-recoiling power.

Yes, we would. Oh, sure, there would be the idjits who’d think it great fun to draw on someone.

Up until they realize that they’ll get drawn on, too. And as my pappy used to tell me it isn’t about who’s fastest, it’s about who’s first with the most.

A few iterations will weed the idjits out of the gene pool. Smarter thugs will realize that their days of safely raping, mugging and thugging are done and over with and move on to more productive endeavors.

“There is an individual right to bear arms, but it is subject to common-sense regulation just like most of our rights are subject to common-sense regulation.”

Who defines common sense legislation? Obama and his ilk? Can we restrict abortion with common sense legislation like showing a woman an ultra sound first? If not, why not Obama? After all, half of the people that go into an abortion mill dont come out.
Self defense is a God-given right, enshrined in the Constitution, and allegedly protected by government (HA!). The so-called right to abortion was granted by judicial fiat – no legislature ever debated it. So it seem to me if there’s a “right” that can be controlled, it’s that one.

“I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama said. “I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”

Crime went down in the Commonwealth of Virginia after Governor Allen approved CC on demand. The liberals squealed like stuck pigs, but it went through anyway. Thanks, Gov Allen :)
And we know how well appeasement, pacifism and dis-armament works – look at Va Tech.

Seems to me to be a good lesson for a kid.

Barack Obama currently leads Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. As things stand today, he is favored to win the nomination and face Republican John McCain in November.

The campaign that has brought Obama this far is premised on the idea that he is some sort of post-partisan, transcendent figure who could bring America together and bridge the divide between the Red States and the Blue States.

But in the past couple weeks America has been getting glimpses of a Barack Obama that is nothing like this manufactured image. Between his spiritual leader’s anti-American tirades and his off-the-cuff comments, Obama is looking less like a unifying figure and more like an ultra-left political activist.

When it comes to gun rights, Obama recently stated in a press conference he believes the Second Amendment speaks to an individual right. He said, “There is an individual right to bear arms, but it is subject to common-sense regulation just like most of our rights are subject to common-sense regulation.” He explained what he means by common-sense regulation, “I think that local jurisdictions have the capacity to institute their own gun laws . . . the City of Chicago has gun laws, as does Washington, D.C.” He went on, “The notion that somehow local jurisdictions can’t initiate gun safety laws . . . isn’t borne out by our Constitution.” In other words, the DC handgun ban is okay with candidate Barack Obama.

Like many of Obama’s contradictions, his stated belief in the individual rights view of the Second Amendment is at odds with his support for DC’s categorical ban on handguns. That law is currently being challenged in District of Columbia v. Heller, now pending before the Supreme Court. Fifty five senators and 250 house members (including many Democrats in both chambers) signed a brief in that case supporting the individual rights view. Obama was not one of them.

And now we know why. As has been reported all week, in 1996 Obama filled out a candidate questionnaire where he revealed his true beliefs on all sorts of subjects, from abortion to school choice.

One question that has not gotten much attention, however, asks if Obama supports legislation to, “ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns.” His one-word answer—uncommonly direct and lacking the flowery eloquence we’ve come to expect from him—was “Yes.”

His answer could cost him the presidency. Since gun control became a partisan political issue in the late 1960s, the only two Democrats to win the White House (Carter and Clinton) have done so by portraying themselves to America as moderate, “common-sense” politicians in sync with Middle America. Supporting an absolute ban on owning any pistol or revolver is at odds with a vast super-majority of Americans, and shows Barack Obama to be far outside the mainstream of American politics.

National Democrat leaders don’t support an absolute ban on handguns. Some far-left politicians from liberal strongholds such as San Francisco, Chicago (where Obama is from) and New York City may tout such extremist measures, but not anyone trying to carry Pennsylvania, Michigan or Ohio in a presidential election. The last time a Democrat nominee supported a ban on handguns was Michael Dukakis, and we all know how that election ended.

Millions of hard-working voters in swing states like Pennsylvania are staunch gun owners. Many of them don’t have a problem with what some people call “reasonable regulations” on guns, but when you start talking about banning guns outright, they vote against you. Barack Obama is now on record with just such a radical agenda.

A smoking gun in the form of a tape recording cost Richard Nixon the presidency in 1974. Another smoking gun in the form of a questionnaire could cost Barack Obama the presidency in 2008. And 90 million American gun owners will be better off if it does. (townhall)

This guy is a far lefty kook. Remember when Senator Webb (another far left kook) got busted carrying a concealed weapon at the airport… Webbs response to the media was “I carry a concealed weapon because my job puts me in danger and I have the right to protect myself”; you people can’t be trusted with a weapon, but I can because I’m a Senator, I’m at more risk than any of you; and besides, we’ll tell you who can and who can’t own a weapon here in the country where only Liberals have the intelligence to run.

gee thats smart. Lets just give everyone guns then, and let them carry them around wherever. We’ll be really really really safe then.

crr6 on April 3, 2008 at 7:35 PM

Surely you are not at dense as your quote portrays you! Concealed carry licenses are only provided to responsible, law abiding citizens who can pass an extensive background check, handgun proficiency test and a written exam.

From my cold, dead, hands…..

Absolutely…I live in Alaska where there is no permit needed to carry concealed. All the little anti-gun nuts freaked. “There’ll be blood in the streets!” and all that crap. Nothing happened. Crime went down. So did some criminals. That was it. The stupid little gang bangers are still killin’ each other at the same rate.

I was talking with the former head of the State Troopers up here at a softball game our kids were in. I didn’t know who I was shootin’ the breeze with til later. We talked guns and one of the first things he said was, “An armed society is a polite society.”

I’ve heard that many times through the years.

When there is a strong possibility that the person you are conversing with is packin’…you tend to be…kinder, a little more understanding. And damn near everyone is packin’ up here.

I have a gun belt that has a little poem on it, along with engravings of various .45 caliber pistols and revolvers.

“Be not afraid of any man who walks beneath the skies. When danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize.”

That single page focuses on the word “black” eleven (11) times. Black Value System, Black religious tradition, Black Power, and Black Theology. “Black liberation theology” is repeated six (6) times.

Someone should remind them that the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a different dream:

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

Here’s one:

Chinese Spy ‘Slept’ In U.S. for 2 Decades

Here’s another:

But my journey is part of a larger journey – one shared by all who’ve ever sought to apply the values of their faith to our society. It’s a journey that takes us back to our nation’s founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party [a revolution] and helped bring an Empire to its knees.

A Politics of Conscience
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
Hartford, CT | June 23, 2007

RushBaby on April 3, 2008 at 7:37 PM

Thank you, RushBaby. It does my heart good to know that other people realize this.

Try and take it from me.

SouthernGent on April 3, 2008 at 7:34 PM

Ditto my friend!

Lets just give everyone guns then, and let them carry them around wherever.

crr6 on April 3, 2008 at 7:35 PM

What a great idea!

The real bombshell here is the possibility, per the Tribune-Review article linked by Carpenter, that Hillary might oppose outlawing concealed carry.

Amen. She campaigned in 2000 for federal licensing requirements merely to own a gun. Does anyone really think it is a coincidence that Arkansas didn’t go shall-issue until Bubba had moved to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Or that Governor Bill opposed gun laws Governor Hillary would have supported? Get real. As best I can tell, Carpenter made this up out of whole cloth.

Barack Obama is radically anti-second amendment. He has always taken anti-second amendment stances, such as stating that he would work to prohibit all semi-automatic weapons. Which means almost all hand guns.
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OneGyT on April 3, 2008 at 10:42 PM

just once? it didn’t bounce a few times lol!