Post by ScottOn Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:24:41 -0500, Sarah Houston
Post by Sarah HoustonPost by ScottOn Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:25:41 -0700 (PDT), Elizabeth Johnson
Post by Elizabeth JohnsonGUN SALES UP - Barack Hussein Obama is the cause
http://www.newschannel5.tv/2008/10/29/1000501/Guns-Sales-Up-in-Texas
Avoid HELTER SKELTER race wars! .. Play it safe.. VOTE McCain!
It's Texas...it doesn't take much to get them to buy more guns.
And FYI, they are buying them because they are afraid Obama will
pass a ban on assault rifles (which may or may not happen)
Seriously?
One of his first agendas will be to utterly destroy the 2nd Amendment.
Says who? The NRA? LOL
Obama's own record:
Obama....
voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms
industry.(1)
Wants to re-impose the failed and discredited Clinton Gun Ban.(2)
Voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and
sport shooting.(3)
Has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership.(2)
Supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
(4)
Voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people who
use firearms in self-defense.(5)
Supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.(6)
Refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in support of individual
Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.
Opposes Right to Carry laws.(7)
Was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation from 1994
to 2002, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and
"research."(8)
Supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or
park, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America.(9)
Voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records
searches on them.(10)
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)
Favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.(12)
Supports mandatory micro-stamping (A function that currently is not
viable).(13)
Mandatory waiting periods regardless of the outcome of the background
check.(2)
Supports 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)
Supports one-gun-a-month sales restrictions.(9)
Supports a ban on inexpensive handguns.(9)
Supports a ban on the resale of police issued firearms, even if the money
is going to police departments for
replacement equipment.(9)
Supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners and a
ban on gun ownership for
persons under the age of 21.(9)
Supports banning the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic
weapons;
Supports ballistic fingerprinting (which a study done by the AG of
California showed not to work)
Supports an increase in state restrictions on the purchase and possession
of firearms;
Supports a requirement that all manufacturers to provide child-safety
locks with firearms;
Feels that middle class America is "clinging to guns and religion" due to
being embittered by the economy;
(1) United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 219, July 2, 2005.
(http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cf
m.cfm?co ngress=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_cf
m.cfm?co ngress=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_o
bamas_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 Report, p. 7.
(http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/98_AnnualReport.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_o
n_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
--
Sleep well tonight.........RD (The Sandman)
http://home.comcast.net/~rdsandman
"Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that
matter...don't mind...And those that mind...don't matter."