Obama Outlines Gun Control Policy
The presidential campaign of Barack Obama was largely viewed as grounds for hope from gun control activists and cause for concern from gun rights advocates. Several news outlets even reported that guns sales had increased sharply in anticipation of firearm restrictions once Obama took office, with CNN saying that gun sales had more than doubled in some states.
Until now President Obama's plans for gun control were conjecture, but his administration took a relatively small but significant step towards declaring their firearm policy by releasing a list of priorities on the official Web site of the president, whitehouse.gov. This policy outline addressed gun policy in two areas:
"End the Dangerous Cycle of Youth Violence: Obama and Biden support innovative local programs, like the CeaseFire program in Chicago, which implement a community-based strategy to prevent youth violence and have been proven effective.
"Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent."
Gun violence prevention groups like the Freedom States Alliance have praised President Obama's proposed measures, writing that he "gives Americans a renewed sense of optimism about our future, and that we, as a nation, can come together to solve big challenges, including the epidemic of gun violence that continues to devastate our country."
On the other hand, prominent gun rights organizations like the Gun Owners of America are busy raising the alarm over President Obama's directives, particularly his nomination of Eric Holder to be the next Attorney General.
"Holder supported policies -- during his tenure in the Clinton administration --
that were aimed at driving the nation’s gun dealers and manufacturers out of
business. As part of an Obama administration, he will have even
more power to continue his war against gun owners," wrote the GOA in a recent press release.
It's still far to early to tell what the newly minted Obama administration's policies will mean for gun owners and gun violence in America, but this first official policy list can certainly be seen as a sign of things to come.
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Barry Hussein Soetoro doesn't want American's to end up like the protestors in Egypt, does hr?
After all, Barry took an oath to protect America?
Eric Holder has been busy. H.R. 2159, the Disarming American Citizens Act allowing anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder to revoke the Second Amendment rights of ANY American he chooses based on pure “suspicion”; A new so-called “Assault Weapons” Ban, H.R. 45, the “Catch-All” Obama Gun Control Bill, and The U.N.’s so-called “Small Arms Treaty,” which would confiscate and destroy ALL “unauthorized” civilian firearms and set the stage for INTERNATIONAL gun confiscation.
Barry Barak Hussein Soetoro Obama has consistently shown himself to be a liberal elitist who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked while campaigning for the Pennsylvania primary to explain why small-town Democrats did not support him, Obama replied "it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small-town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. In response to predictable outrage when his remarks were unexpectedly publicized, Obama did not recant his statement but instead replied, I "didn't say it as well as I should have."
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/whca-complains-about-white-house-shut-out_b30317
That's the White House Correspondents Association. The press pool. Shut out of briefings on the Egyptian situation today.
After all they've done for him...
I think the Muslim Brotherhood is about to become his Monica Lewinsky.
A brief look into history should enlighten the "Progressives" in our fair land. In the early 1900’s there are several historical instances of leaders that insisted on the disarmament of their people. Their names should be familiar to you: Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler. All of these men enforced disarmament on their people. All of them are known as some of the most sinister men in history. Notably, Hitler could never have achieved as much as he did without civilian disarmament. He disarmed his people, used the Hitler Youth program to brainwash the young, and “cleansed” his nation, as well as conquered territories of the “undesirables,” whom he referred to as “untermensch” or subhuman. The unarmed civilians were an easy target for his armies, and the SS was used to intimidate and control other Germans and prevent dissension. In retrospect, people lament the atrocities that happened under Hitler, but the German people then never saw it coming. They had been seduced by a charismatic leader, who convinced (and when necessary coerced) them to give up their weapons. The Nazi reign of terror began with false news reports on the Jews, Bohemians and Gypsies who were said to be arming themselves to overthrow the "New World Order" and Hitler demanded that all good people register their guns so that they wouldn't fall into the hands of "terrorists and madmen". Right wing fanatics of the "Old Order" who protested firearms registration were arrested by the S.S. and put in jail for "fomenting hatred against the Government of the German people". Then the Reichstag (government building) was blown up and Hitler ram-rodded an "Emergency Anti-Terrorist Act" through Parliament that gave the Gestapo extraordinary powers. The leader then declared that for the well-being of the German people, all private firearms were to be confiscated by the Gestapo and the Wermotten (federal law enforcement and military). When several local ministers spoke out against these atrocities, they were imprisoned and never seen again. In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated’ people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
November 5, 2007 — Two illegal aliens, Raphael Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home. It seems the two crooks never learned one thing; Patricia had been a clays shooting champion since she was nine. She quickly ran to her father’s room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor, only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old’s knee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he had taken from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest. She is still alive, the bad guys are dead, and you probably never heard the story before now. Ever wonder why this sort of positive gun story never makes NBC, CBS, PBS, & MSNBC, CNN, or ABC news? Pretty obvious, isn’t it? This story doesn’t fit the liberal mainstream media view that guns are bad and need to be controlled. Had this story happened in California or any other state with gun lock and storage laws, and had the father obeyed those counterproductive, unconstitutional laws, the girl would be raped, dead or both, the home looted, and two dirtbags would’ve been out on the street to rob, rape and murder again.
August 24, 2009 / Richmond Times Dispatch
Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City, N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician’s home county said. The State Bureau of Investigation and Columbus County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the shooting, Gore said. Soles, who was not arrested, declined to discuss the incident Sunday evening. The Senator, who has made a career of being against gun ownership for the general public, didn’t hesitate to defend himself with his own gun when he believed he was in immediate danger and he was the victim. It has prompted some to ask if the Senator believes his life and personal safety is more valuable than yours or mine. But this is to be expected from those who believe they can run our lives, raise our kids, and protect our families better than we can.
you can be sure the Democrats in Congress will do EVERYTHING they can to ram every item on the gun-grabbers’ agenda into law, including:
*** H.R. 2159, the Disarming American Citizens Act allowing anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder to revoke the Second Amendment rights of ANY American he chooses based on pure “suspicion”;
*** A new so-called “Assault Weapons” Ban, targeting ALL semi-automatic rifles and shotguns -- which, unlike the Clinton ban, will NEVER expire;
*** H.R. 45, the “Catch-All” Obama Gun Control Bill, which would create a national gun registry, require a two-day waiting period, hike taxes on gun sales, federally ban ALL private firearms sales, and FORCE you to take a written exam just to prove you’re “fit” to own a firearm;
*** The U.N.’s so-called “Small Arms Treaty,” which would confiscate and destroy ALL “unauthorized” civilian firearms and set the stage for INTERNATIONAL gun confiscation.
“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”
George Washington
When the people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is freedom
THOMAS JEFFERSON
the DHS has compiled a long list of folks the government considers terrorists. The bill, if enacted, would allow the attorney general, a documented gun-grabber, to deny millions of Americans due process. “[Rep. King] would deny citizens their civil liberties based on no due process,” Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, told the press that the new bill will be used in conjunction with the DHS “Rightwing Extremism” report. “By those standards, I’m one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitano’s terrorists,” Pratt continues. “This bill would enable the attorney general to put all of the people who voted against Obama on no-gun lists, because according to the DHS, they’re all potential terrorists. Actually, we could rename this bill the Janet Napolitano Frenzied Fantasy Implementation Act of 2009.”
I'm sure that the families of the seven slain policemen this last week would be comforted that some upheld their second amendment rights by having firearms and using them to kill.
I agree that laws must be strictly enforced. I also would like to see a longer waiting period for purchase and extensive background checks.
Violence does beget violence and anyone who thinks they are safe because they have an arsenal are just fooling themselves. The crazies will kill when they want regardless of what is in your hand.
Regulation can be a good thing. Look at what deregulation did for the financial sector.
99 percent of guns are never used in crime . Gun control is presumption of guilt, which no longer seems to be a problem in America, sad to say.
I'd be more upset about police deaths if THEY did not kick in doors at 3 a.m. and shoot the homeowner who runs into the hallway wondering what the hell is going on, and call it "serving a search warrant."
By nature, law enforcement, at any level, is a dangerous occupation as is Fire/Rescue and the military . It does not matter whether this is a training activity or actual commission of duties. My sympathies have always gone out to the families of the brave men and women who have lost their lives serving and defending us but they do know the dangers involved.
Longer waiting periods serve no real purpose other than to make a prospective purchaser wait. This in many cases can be extremely detrimental to someone in fear of their life, such as a woman who has a violent former spouse or siginificant other who is trying to kill her.
Background checks are simple affairs to see if a prospective purchaser has a specific type of criminal history or has been adjucated by the courts as a danger to themself or others, and need not be complex.
When a person is being attacked he or she does not have time to negotiate or attempt to reason with the predator. Attempting to flee is rarely an option. Especially if the attacker is carrying a firearm, knife, or some other implement that can cause injury or death. In a majority of cases the mere presence of a firearm in the hands of a defender is enough to stem an attack. Yes, crazies will kill when they want but should you have something in your hand, especially if that something is a firearm, then the odds of your survival have increased substantially. Should the "crazy" be removed from the populace the number of people saved from possible future attacks is innumerable. More often than not if a criminal thinks an intended victim can defend themself then they will move on to someone else who obviously appears weak.
When a person is armed, whether they have one gun or many, they don't typically look at themself as being "safe" but better prepared to be able to defend themself, their loved ones, and their neighbors.
It is our RESPONSIBILITY as human beings to defend ourselves, our loved ones, and our neighbors. If you believe that the police will protect you and your property if you are attacked then feel free to call 9-1-1 and wait for them to arrive. When they do, if they do, then they will write their reports after sending your broken body or remains to the hospital or morgue.
I am a military veteran and a survivor of more than one violent attack so I speak from experience as well as knowledge garnered from the press and local/federal police records/statistics.
In closing I would like to state that your usage of the term arsenal was incorrect. By definition it means "a government owned firearms manufacturing facility". You should have used the terms cache or armory.