- Posted by Christopher Estep on November 4, 2008
Most Democrats are anti-gun. So it’s no surprise that Obama would be anti-gun as well. But when I say “anti-gun” in reference to Obama, it is to such a degree as to have never been seen in this country since its inception, regardless of the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the 2nd Amendment as an individual right.
Here is just a sample of Obama’s positions on gun control:
- Opposes “Right to Carry” laws
- Supports banning gun stores within 5 miles of a school. Most of this country is within 5 miles of a school. Sexual predators and drugs are usually kept at 1000 feet from a school. To put that in perspective, Obama thinks a gun store (where you have to show ID and fill out paperwork, not guns) should be 26 times as far away from a school as most people try to keep drugs and pedophiles. The end result would be to put gun shops out of business, of course.
- Wants to outlaw any gun that is too inexpensive for regular people to buy. The result would be only the rich and criminals would have guns and the poor would not be allowed to defend themselves with legal handguns, if they are so inclined.
- Supports mandatory registration, licensing, and training of all guns and their owners. This would create a database of law-abiding gun owners. Scary stuff. The criminals wouldn’t register of course.
- Supports massive suits against gun manufacturers for gun deaths. That’s like suing General Motors because a criminal used one to run down someone else.
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