"Obama Mentions God and Guns in Idaho"
February 2nd, 2008 by Syd
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama assured Western voters Saturday he believes in Jesus as well as the rights of gun owners.
The presidential candidate warned people about hoax e-mails they may get saying he’s secretly a Muslim who might want to destroy the United States.
“I’ve been going to the same church for 20 years, praising Jesus,” the Illinois senator told more than 10,000 people packed into Boise State’s basketball arena. He is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago…
…”And then there are people who say, ‘well he doesn’t believe in the Second Amendment,’ even though I come from a state — we’ve got a lot of hunters in downstate Illinois. And I have no intention of taking away folks’ guns.”
Obama didn’t mention that he does support gun control and has a record of voting for it in the Illinois Senate. He backed limiting handgun purchases to one a month, but he made no attempts to ban them. Today, he stands by his support for controls while trying to reassure hunters that he has no interest in interfering with their access to firearms.
Yes there is a lot about Obama’s advocacy for gun control that he didn’t mention, like his service on the board of directors of the Joyce Foundation, his advocacy of a ban on all semi-automatics, his opposition to concealed carry, his support for the DC handgun ban, and an embargo on handguns in all of the major cities.
The long and the short of it is that Obama has never seen a gun control law that he didn’t like. If he had his way, we would be shooting spitballs.
This what drives me crazy about the gun grabbers: they lie about their positions to get elected. If they are so committed to gun control and if it’s such a great idea, why don’t they own up to it? Why misrepresent their positions and say crap like, “we’ve got a lot of hunters in downstate Illinois. And I have no intention of taking away folks’ guns.” So Obama declares that Farmer Brown’s double barrel is safe — so what? This is a deliberate effort to obscure his real positions and history.
If gun control is such a great idea, own up to it. Claim it. Be honest. Most of all, quit lying or quit pushing the radical denial of our civil rights.
Yes well said, I have been wondering when He and Hillary are going to go Duck or Goose hunting like Kerry and Clinton 1 used to do.