Make no mistake about it Obama is opposed to gun control. This is one of the places where he is able to bring everybody together and give them hope. The only problem is that the togetherness occurs at a funeral.

I know longer can tell what Obama is for or against.
Vote for me OBama, I am for gun control, I am against gun control, I am for more regulations, If I am campaigning in Wyoming and Montana, I am against any regulation. Man, this guy sure know how to cover his bases huh? Typical political

What did he say? Can this guy give anyone a straight answer on anything?
Frankly, I am getting sick of him.

I like how this article completely distorts Obama. It completely leaves out the fact that he doesnt want to politicize the tragedy. It's inappropriate to bring up this issue when you are offering your condolences. For christ's sake, he went to IDAHO to talk about regulation of gun control. You can't call him a double-talker.

Few (if any) politicians have the guts to take on the gun lobby head on. Keep the money flowing and ignore what the second amendment really says, so what if people get shot!

…the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

This is not a dependant clause. Everywhere else the phrase‘the people’ is used in the U.S. Constitution it refers to the individual. This sacred document is not open to interpretation its authors were more gifted then any politician on the planet today.

p.s.

And concealed carry permits are bad why?

As usual we all focus on the symptom rather than the problem.

Gun control is not the issue. People control is the issue.

We have more training and licensing requirements for drivers license ownership in this country than we have for gun ownership.

I’m a former U.S. Marine and a gun owner. I am also a moderate Republican. But I have issues with gun ownership without responsibility or accountability.

I believe as Obama does that we need no additional laws, we need only enforce the ones we have – like the concealed handgun licensing (CHL) process in Texas, where extensive gun training is required to buy or carry a concealed weapon. I think this type of law should be extended to all gun ownership – whether or not the weapon is to be concealed. IMHO.

A nice-sounding bill called the "GLOBAL Poverty Act," sponsored by Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama, is up for a Senate vote on Thursday and could result in the imposition of a GLOBAL TAX on the United States. The bill, which has the support of many liberal religious groups, makes levels of U.S. foreign aid spending will then become subservient to the dictates of the United Nations. The UN, by the way, is a big part of a "World Tax" scheme they'd rather you not know about.

Obama's proposed legislation also purportedly contains a hidden gun control provision.

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? ANOTHER CFR NEW WORLD ORDER GLOBALIST STOOGE? GAHHHH!

WORSE, Barack Obama's foreign adviser is the ARCHITECT of the smash-and-grab genocide in the Middle East: Zbigniew Brzezinski. Obama = MORE WAR = DRAFT.

Never mind what the man says or how he says it. He'll betray us all. His voting record closely matches Hillary Clinton's. Here is the new boss, same as the old boss, DON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN.

Aren't hardcore Democrats FURIOUS at the hijacking of their party by closet Neocons??? It's time for a third party candidate. The Constitution Party. The Peace Coalition. I don't care; I just refuse to accept my nonchoices.

Now that answer is something you can dance with. I believe that's a dodge, a hedge, a non-answer, a nonsensical answer, an old style political answer and a status quo answer. Where do you think he really stands on gun control? Or is that just one of those bothersome little issues that the states take up on their on and the president who might at the very least "inspire" people in the nation to look a particular way at a significant issue ... dances away into the loving arms of the press and their inability to produce a significant "follow-up" question. Get in line for yet another Obama Press Pass on gun control.

Obama is really pathetic. He could not bother taking a break from his Wisconsin trip to take a 30 minute plane ride to visit the school when he claims that students are his biggest support base.

How people can support this megalomaniac in good conscious is beyond comprehension. He shows time and time again that he is a hypocrite.

I guess Obama's usual technique of distracting voters with another issue when things heat up against him, isn't going to work anymore.

To: WestCoastMessenger

Barack opposes gun control? Is that why he voted to ban all semi-automatics in 1998? Sounds like more gun control to me - not enforcing the existing laws.

By the way, most hunting and recreational firearms are semi-automatic.

The only problem with Obama's position is that he never mentioned what is a common sense regulation to gun control. We must learn to separate substance from his rhetoric. Again, here he is talking about things that are good to hear, things that may make you feel better but if you analyze the argument he has said nothing at all.

Well, the people and the press who are so in love with him just let this pass. they cannot make any objective analysis of obama's position because they are so much overwhelmed by his speaking abilities.

Obama has a strong record supporting gun control. He's just too classy to turn a funeral into a stump speech. He should be praised, not criticized, for avoiding the issue in this particular venue. Finally a politician with a sense of decency.

Another flip-flopper. I am from Illinois. He is totally against gun control. He knows the situation we have out here with gangs and violence. Now he is changing his stance. I am sick of this man. How much more can we take of him. AMerica wake up! This man is a phoney!!!!!!

I am sorry, I am Mary from Illinois. I meant to say he is FOR GUN CONTROL!!!!!

People need to review Obama's voting record when ever he feels like showing up. What is it that obama doesn't get about violence to our youth. Every time i watch the news theirs a drive by shooting, rampages, and aggravated assaults.
He voted against a bill that would give gang members immunity to the death penalty if involved in multiple killings. One killing is enough and the victims don't have a third chance in life. when i read it on his record it made me sick to my stomace. My cousin got murdered by a recently released on parole last december. Thank God Texas has the death penalty.
What's the use of implementing laws already in the books on background checks if this young killers usually have a good record.

From MSNBC: "Michelle Obama got a little tongue-tied -- as have others -- in Columbus, Ohio. She started off with what was going to be a bold statement. "We are going to win Iowa...Ohio,"

This is like the airline commercial:

WANNA GET AWAY?

The comment is not about asking for Obama to make a stump speech NIU. It is about him taking the time from serving himself and pay some respect to the state that elected him as their senator. I am assuming that he promised the people of Illinois change too. Any politician with his wits about him has the decency to visit his home state when it has suffered a tragedy. This is a place that has had two violent shootings during February. I also agree that since college students are the victims and mostly likely led him to victory in Illinois, he could bother to make an appearance.

he is for states and cities handling gun ownership issues in their jurisdictions. He does not believe that the federal government should make those determinations and I think that that is the exact way it should go.

Obama's Matra: Politics of Convenience

Feel Good Feel Inspired

As a U.S. citizen living in Japan, which last year had, I think, about 22 gunshot fatalities, I can definitely see the advantages of living in what is virtually a gun-free society. Come to think of it, that's why I came here -- to escape the bang-bang you're dead mentality. You guys can argue the Second Amendment until you're blue in the face, but the fact is, you're living smack dab in the OK Corral. Not even college campuses are safe. What good is the right to bear arms when it enables psychotics to easily arm themselves to the teeth?

I'm a Hillary supporter, but I'm impressed with Obama's straightforward position on common sense gun control and on respect for the Constitution. To my fellow Hillary supporters, please stop the negativity just because our candidate is behind. We don't have to get desperate. While I prefer Hillary to Obama, I would be proud to cast my vote in November for a man who has given hope to so many of our nation's young people. While I'm excited at the prospect of a woman in the white house, I haven't seen anyone inspire our youth to this extent since Kennedy.

It might be helpful to note that the NIU shooter had the guns LEGALLY. Gun control wouldn't have made much of a difference here, even though I support significant controls on guns. He had handguns (which ought to be banned) and a shotgun (which would probably never get banned) and some other weapon/s at home. This particular case is less a gun issue than a mental health support issue and as such really doesn't have an easy answer. One of the things I really like about Obama is his refusal to give in to easy answers to complicated policy issues. Some of us might want to ban guns (I, for instance), but others don't and we all have to live together and somehow find respect for each other. Sounds like a platitude unless you take it seriously and work to find ways to overcome the rigid thinking you're used to.
More than anything else, this shooting is a tragedy for the families and friends of the victims and the family and friends of the shooter and all the people who wish they could have prevented it from happening. And let's face it, all the pro-gun people out there feel pain because they feel deeply that they could have prevented this shooting, even though I totally disagree with that position. We are all people of good faith (even the atheists among us) and we need to see that we all want the good.

Two words: school uniforms.

Oh great, Obama said he is for common sense regulation.

Common sense regulation in this context is very vague.

Solution to gun problems is very simple for those who treat the Constitution religiously.

Having a right to bear arms DOES NOT preclude the right of the government to REGULATE THE USE of arms!

In other words, the government can allow ownership arms, but SIGNIFICANTLY CURTAIL THEIR USE.
And that is what the localities should do: CURTAIL THE USE OF ARMS!

People! Has the death penalty worked to slow down capital murder? Has harsher punishment and sentencing stopped criminals from committing crimes?

In Tarrant County (Dallas, TX) there are over 200 cases where DNA evidence has overruled convictions. They have had to release people that have been in jail. Some for over 20 years. Esther wants to brag about the death penalty in Texas. How many innocent people have been put to death by a so call Christian nation?

The problems stem for the psyche of this country. We are literally sacrificing our own people whether it's soldiers dying for our right to drive gas guzzling SUV's or what have you. This is the most violent country in the world. In 2004 there were 16,137 murders in the US according to FBI statistics. In 2007 that number is estimated to be 20,000!!! Who needs Al-Qeada when we do way more damage to our own? American the proud! Home of the Brave? Give me a break. But hey, as long as its somebody else and as long as American Idol is on, I like living in a country where our children don't even rank in the top 30 for math and science but yet are in the top 2% for obesity.

Posted by: New Yorker | Feb 15, 2008 7:38:00 PM
=====================================
this is one of the best reponses out of this blog, WELL SAID New Yorker!!!

If one person in that lecture hall had been carrying a gun the tragedy could have been stopped in about 5 seconds. More likely, if the shooter had known there might be armed people in that room he would have though twice.

The state cannot protect you, the state is not your friend. The state and its enablers would rather see a woman raped in a alley and strangled with her own pantyhose than see her with a gun in her hand.

Posted by Inibo:
If one person in that lecture hall had been carrying a gun the tragedy could have been stopped in about 5 seconds.
-------------------------------------

Man, what you're writting is CRAZY!!!
So let's buy more guns, put more people with guns in our schools and everything is GROOVY!!!! Dude you have REALLY not LEARN any lesson of these tragedies we see and hear about evry SINGLE DAY in America...

I cannot believe what I'm reading...

Is the ONLY way to handle "gun control" to say YES/NO ? Seems to be if you have a brain, use it, to figure out what Obama said: "The city of Chicago has gun laws, so does Washington, DC," Obama said. "The notion that somehow local jurisdictions can't initiate gun safety laws to deal with gangbangers and random shootings on the street isn't born out by our Constitution."

Can't get through "can't" and "isn't" in that sentence? He IS talking about "gun regulation" and he IS also saying that the answer to the Second Amendment issue DOES NOT SETTLE THE ARGUMENT. SO, there is more to think about than just "Are you" or "Aren't you." He is clearly for gun regulation.

I can see many of you people are having a hard time understanding but Obama's position is really clear. It seems you can only understand simple arguments like the type Bush made today which about the FISA law and are "black and white" and all rhetoric or BS. True analysis of a complicated Constitutional principle requires some thought; something far too many Americans like those who wrote messages above able are frankly too lazy to try to comprehend. The most serious problem facing this democracy is that the citizens just don't want to think about policies and complex issues. They want simple answers spoon fed to them like infants. Now, Obama said that he believes that the Second Amendment applies to individuals; not just militia. That issue is before the Supreme Court right now. But, as he so reasonably said, the right to bear arms can not be absolute; governments are entitled to enforce laws enacted to protect the safety of their citizens. After all, the states have the right to protect the life of their citizens. If the right to bear arms were absolute, then a 10 year old would be allowed to carry a gun on the street, or a person who is known to be mentally ill, criminal, or violent. So as you can hopefully see, some regulation is absolutely necessary; it is just a matter of where to draw the line. I know many of you would like a simpler yes or no answer, but as you can plainly see, that is not possible because, brace yourself, but the world is a bit too complicated for that.

Here Sen. Barack Obama is offering thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families, but some in the media want an instant answer on gun control at the same time?

We are all looking forward to the
next debates. Right now the top three issues that concern Democrats are the economy, Iraq, and health care.

The Gun control issue will come up in the next debate. Hopefully the moderator will give the voters a chance to hear Clinton and Obama on the top three issues, then deal with the gun control issue without it dominating the next debate?

It comes down to one imperative: human life vs. freedom. Soon we will all have our chance to stare down the barrel of a gun. With our feet frozen in place, it is at this moment we realize how free we really are.

I'm sick of Obama too, he claims to be something new but he won't take a stance so he can be criticized. He's a souffle.

I read through the comments posted above holding my nose due to the stench. Most of you need a good lesson in logic before you start trying to score points with these childish attempts to promote your candidate. Why can't I vote for Obama because I like him and feel that his work has prepared him for the Presidency? Why is it necessary to think of him as a moron who doesn't know where he stands? I mean, come on. How lame can you get. Why is it necessary to live in a pretend world where Clinton has the same ability to inspire. Just as important, why is it necessary to trash Clinton for the stupid things her husband has done. She didn't lead him to Monica. He made his mistakes on his own. She's a determined, wonkish candidate with an almost un-natural drive for success and achievement (when did this become a bad thing? before you assume that's what I'm saying). She's weathered political storms that few, if any, elected women in this country have ever been forced to face. Is it not possible that we have a debate among supporters about real issues? Or is it not possible to talk about the differences between the two candidates without feeling personally attacked if someone describes your favorite in a way you don't like? I'm not sick of Clinton or Obama. I feel blessed that in a year when leadership is needed more than ever to dig us out of the hole Bush will leave behind that we've got the choices we have before us. Seriously, why is it necessary for you guys who obviously like one and not the other to spend so much time saying things like "i'm sick of this candidate" or whatever other shallow points of view you have to express. Sure, you could say I'm bashing you instead of bashing the candidates, but don't you think you deserve it just a bit? Seriously, folks. Let's raise the bar a little higher for our discourse. This forum offers an opportunity to talks intelligently about important topics, yet for some reason so many of you remain trapped in the gotcha and name calling that has so defined our modern political discourse (as well as our playgrounds on elementary school campuses). I say, turn off the CNN blabber, read something other than a blog for a few hours a day (read some Twian, Faulkner, Marx and Rand - all in one sitting...)...find a way to talk intelligently and you'll probably find that you'll have more friends and better informed ideas. That's it for me. Don't bother trashing me because I won't be back to see it. Or better yet, say whatever you want. I could care less what anyone thinks. peace

Its so sad that anyone would expect Obama to score political points today. Seven people died. Some are in critical condition. Show some sympathy to their families and friends and some respect to Obama for not exploiting this tragedy. This article really is beneath contempt.

Darned if he does, darned if he doesn't, right? What was he supposed to do, come out and say something at the risk of being labeled politicizing a tragedy?

I think he said what he had to say just fine.

In Idaho a couple of weeks ago he says one thing then the next day he says something else. In another state. What a flip flopper on the issues. No one will see through that...

My guess is that over 75% of those bashing Obama here are Republicans.

I still haven't decided who I will vote for, but most certainly it will not be for an idiot who has loaded his team with the same neocons who lied this country into a bankrupting occupation of Iraq (that was no danger to the U.S.)and who makes jokes about bombing another Middle East country that is no danger to our country. We have thousands of nuclear warheads and the means to deliver them - Iran may be trying to build one. DUH!! Hanging with neocons seems to have the same effect on one's brain that eating lead does!

I agree that states should make their own gun laws. That way if you don't like your state's gun laws, you can try to get them changed through politics or move to another state. BTW, there are approximately 900 million guns in this country - there is no way to collect them all without a bloddy revolution.

So obama is afraid to politicize a tragedy in his home state, but was real quick to politicize the death of bhutto. oh wait, that is because politicizing the death of bhutto was an attack against clinton - helps him win the whitehouse. If he could have turned this tragedy against clinton, he would have said more.

Again, oh the hypocracy of the obama campaign. It is real easy to find, just start searching.

I was an Obama supporter in the beginning. I loved to listen to his speeches- he is an incredible orator. It took about three days after the event I attended to come down off of the high. Once it was just Hillary and Obama debating- I knew who I had to give me vote to - Hillary. It was a struggle- but I have been down the Hope path before with John Edwards. Senator Edwards is a great speaker- but can't hold a candle to Senator Obama. I believe Senator Obama will make a great President someday- but right now, I am supporting Hillary.

More gun control is wack! The criminals committing crimes are not buying guns legally! To put stiffer regulations on us law abiding citizens = better targets for the criminals. WAKE UP!

Oh. Obama is just another CFR, trilateral one world government puppet like the rest of the candidates. The only one we should be interested in here is RON PAUL! Look him up. He is still in the race.

Well, I think that in the US he might be for these "common sense regulations" but if you look into his top campaign contributors, you just might notice that the near the top are arms dealers. So I guess as far as other countries, dictators and what not, he's not against any regulations! Anyhow, back to the US. Who would be inclined to follow gun laws, or gun restriction laws? Law abiding citizens.

Be careful in critizing Senator Obama. He might use his his super weapon which he has handily used in cohorts with the media ----- racism.

Don't you see how they destroyed President Clinton? Suddenly, in the eyes of the naive americans Clinton is a racist. Forget all of the things he has done for the upliftment of the black poeople. Forget the Katrina fund that he started for the welfare of people in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Blacks who favored Obama over Clinton in those states should be ashamed of themselves for being racis. They vote for a candidate based on color, not accomplishment. Some sense of gratitude.

To bear arms in the eighteen hundered is different than it is today. There was no automatic weapon, and only few needed to have or afford or were not fast shooters to save themselves. one. As time went on it failed in the hands of bank and train robbers, drunkards and gamblers, and then it came in to the hands of Mafioso's, and now it is the Latin drug curtail and inner city gang drug dealers, that are responsible for most of the killing.
On the average a hundered young Americans are shot dead in all the major cities. However, it is the death of a few students are killed by one of there own that sensitized us to visit the problem and the solution.
Obama is not going to change all the ills of this country over night bumping with every body. He is smart to get the priorities straight. He will ask you to tell him which malady needs to be be operated from your body.
Obama can't sing he needs a quire to his pulpit. He never said it is easy to change America himself, but to teach America to make the change. No one can make a Muslim or a Jew to eat pork even if their life depend on it or love one another, it will take a lot of time and effort.

Every man is a little crazy it is a matter of relativity. I don't even trust my wife to go to sleep at night after the occasional fight, to leaving a pistol by the bed side.

Obama needs not only a conscience but some #####. As a democrat, this is what pops a red flag for me, his willingness to cave into a perception of fear for political expediency. Obama's talk of partisanship might just be something we democrats might come to regret, with his watering down any legislation to the point of it being meaningless just so he can show we can all get along. Tnis doesn't bode well for really ending our involvement in Iraq either.

How could this possibly be misconstrued as not taking a position? Obama said: A-An individual has a right to bear arms, and B-Local Regions and States have a lot of room to form their own laws before the bump up against the constitution.
Senator Obama also said that he wants to strengthen and better enforce the laws already in existence. WHAT ABOUT THIS IS UNCLEAR? It's what he said, right up top of this page.

I do not now,nor will I ever trust this person(Egobama).He is too evasive and arrogant.Talk about living in a bubble(Bush)all these people who support this person are living in a large bubble.He tells them he is going to preform a miracle and bring the people together.He has divided the Democratic party as it never has been before.He is the one who started using the "race"card,not the Clintons.The Clintons have done more to aid the advancement of African Americans than any other President.This just shows their complete lack of appreciation.They are so power hungry that they will do ANYTHING to elect this person.They are voting excusively racial,with total disregard to competence and the good of the country.Disgusting in the extreme.

Clinton supporters are just waiting a little tiny opportunity to jump against Sen.Obama. This 'gun control'issue needs to be up for national discussion and/or referendums allowed by the Constitution in every state. It is not as easy as it seems, so those ready to criticize think first before you write!

"I ain't gonna take your guns away." Obama speech in Idaho. Nice way to get votes.

As usual Obama, doesn't have a position on a major issue.

WHY DONT YOU GIVE OBAMA A CHANCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN A PROPER FORUM, ALL YOU SILLY HILARY SUPPORTERS.

YOU NONSENSE IS A SILLY AS YOUR GREAT LEADER, HILARY CLINTON, THE MOST TREACHEROUS WOMEN IN POLITICS.

A typical liberal democrat...they will sat anything in order to get elected...

Im a Republican, however I ll have to vote for Obama, I m tired of the statis quo, to me he is the only answer, maybe a fresh start, really I wish there was another canidate but there is nt, I always hear the Clintons, Bill in reality got us into much of this mess, nafta, gatt etc. I m sorry but it s Obama for me. and many of my coharts feel the same, We need fresh ideas, a new direction, sometimes I get worried about the new world order, I hope Obama has nt been polluted yet,

Obama wants to be everything to everybody. He tries to avoid taking a stand on any tough issue. I liked his message at first but after a closer look I'm not so sure now. Not liking what I see.

Lee Davis makes the comment below that this story "distorts Obama" and that he just didn't want to "politicize the tragedy." Are you kidding me? It's not politicizing the tragedy to say that this incident and many other acts of gun violence could be prevented by strengthening gun control laws and if I am elected president this is what I would do. If I had loved ones killed in a tragedy like this that is exactly what I would want my presidential nominee to say. Come on, the guy bought 4 guns (3 hand guns including a Glock) at the same shop within a short period of time. Why on earth would you need that many guns? Pheasant hunting? Eminent apocalypse? In fact, Obama was the one politicizing because he didn't want to offend potential pro-gun rights supporters! They say Obama is the 21st century JFK but, I don't see any conviction in this man. I am still waiting for Obama to explain how this "Change" he keeps talking about is going to happen! At least Hilary has the resume and the plan for how she is going to accomplish what she says she will do.

Sorry, I quoted the wrong person for their comments on Obama. It was Chris not Lee Davis. My fault, I don't like how they put the name of the poster below their comments.

obama,never says ya or nay on any issue hence he is one with the king of chaos,he is full of hot air! he must some how be related to the devil him self,really the guy wears us out.on any issue we face he will feel the need to check with the united nations.we all need to pray.

obama,never says ya or nay on any issue hence he is one with the king of chaos,he is full of hot air! he must some how be related to the devil him self,really the guy wears us out.on any issue we face he will feel the need to check with the united nations.we all need to pray.

I give up. What this country needs is a president with NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE. NONE. We need a president that is currently working his @$$ off for $40,000 a year. That is a man that knows what problems this country faces. Will he know how to make the change... NO... but neither does any of the political candidates that are already up for office. At the very least he would know what the real problems in the country are. An individual that has come from a wealthy family that has been prepped for presidency, and has had everything handed to them on a silver spoon DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY FACES ON AN EVERY DAY BASIS. Stop thinking that any of them are going to help any of us. IT will not ever happen. The economy is designed to make big business more wealthy and the the poor poorer. That will not change. We are all consumers, face the facts. You entire job in life is to attempt to live while lining the pockets of the wealthy. The war in Iraq has nothing to do with oil, it was a weak country that we had already destroyed once. It never rebuilt its military. It was an easy target and we needed a country that we could build military bases in so that we could occupy the middle east. We wil never leave that country... EVER. We are building up bases there for permanent Global Reach. So forget about the war, its not going to ever end. We will maintain troops in IRAQ forever, just like we do in Korea, long after the war has been "ended." Health care for Americans will continue on as it is. Its part of big business. WE will never have free health care or even free health insurance. So stop asking for it, if you want it move to England or Canada. The health care system is part of our economy and therefore will not change. Gun control/regulation already takes place. It will change, for the good or the bad. Do guns kills people, no, people kill people. If we didn't have guns they would be out there stabbing each other in throat with a pocket knife. Stop wasting your time listening to these individuals on how they are going to change America to be a better place. They dont live in the same America that you and I live in. Live live in the America that doesnt have concerns like the amount a gallon of gas cost because they dont buy there own gas. They dont know what its like to work your whole life for a pension and have its stripped because your company decided to outsource to Mexico cause its cheaper and they can make more profit because they get 100% of their pay for the rest of their lives. Did you not know that? One term as a congressman and they get 100% of their income for the rest of their lives. Not a bad gig if you ask me. Oh and they get to vote on their raises out of your money. Man that would be nice wouldn't it? Go into work and vote on a $10,000 a year pay raise every year. I wonder how many of those votes are NAY. That is it. Wake up people. WAKE UP FOR GODS SAKE! SAVE YOURSELVES BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS THERE FOR THEIR OWN PROFIT NOT YOUR NEEDS.

I hear people talking about training,and education on guns. This is ignorance! A person with all the training in the world can commit a crime with a firearm if they wish. The problem I see...People. If we eliminate the gangs and street thugs in our country and did nothing else,our gun deaths and injuries would drop by probably 80%. which brings the old addage "Guns dont kill people. People kill people."

One more thing...Obama is very good at telling people what they want to hear. If this man makes it to the Whitehouse,do you expect him to change? Hes a lawyer!! Hes good at what he does and if I were on trial,and was guilty...I want him in my corner,because hes gonna tell the jury everything ecxept the facts! In fact,Id like to have him as a prosecutor too. Bcause again...hell say everything except that I did it!! And if/when he makes it to the Whitehouse and is questioned for a stupid mistake hes made,dont ask him if he did it.Youll just waste your time because hes so good at getting around the facts that youll be left scratching your head,asking yourself...."Whatd he say?". I truly in my heart believe that if we vote this guy into the presidential seat,that we will make the biggest mistake our country has ever made. Our leaders are supposed to be our "VOICE",not our "RULERS". If Obama is elected,he will try not give the American people what they want,hell give us what he wants.But,I hope we dont find out if Im right or wrong.

Is Obama receiving financing from the SSA? It is criminal that this anti-gun control group can control government. Another child killed today by a UZI !! Only in America!!

I doubt the founding fathers could forsee Gang warfare and Depressed teenagers unloading automatic weapons on unsuspecting classmates when they wrote …the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. I'll bet they had rifles and hand guns in mind and their intended use was for hunting and self-defense.

It is so true that those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to get beat up by it.
"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms; history shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall."
Adolph Hitler

I cannot trust anyone who will not trust the people with their own America rights. Too scary.