Originally Posted by
Epoch
I love hearing about this "extreme left". Anyways, Gun Control /= Attacking the 2nd Amendment. Think about it. The 1st Amendment gives the right to free speech and expression, but doesn't allow you to go around shouting fire in movie theaters, and surprisingly, you can be prosecuted under the law for doing so. The same rational level of evaluation should apply to firearm ownership: Certain weapons may not be suitable for private use. I also don't see a problem with requiring licenses to own/operate guns. We have licenses for not just driving cars, but for everything from selling cars to flying planes to fishing, and they are used to keep a moderate level of oversight on those activities.
I don't see anything in Obama's voting record that would be struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, so I think you need to rationally reevaluate "Obama wants to take your guns" argument.
I support gun control that keeps guns out of criminals/unstable peoples hands. You need a background check to buy a firearm, you need a license to carry a firearm, you need a license to hunt, and need a license to own certain firearms, their is a level of oversight and regulations in legally owning and using firearms, it is not like anyone can just go and buy a firearm like they do with clothes or candy, there are regulations and checks and laws that you have to be followed.
Obama's voting record is consistently against firearm ownership by law abiding citizens in America. He follows the basics of socialism which does not believe in an armed citizen to pose a threat to a too powerful government that they must rely on and that makes many decisions for them and tries to keep everything equal(income redistribution, gov healthcare, etc). Obama has voted for the right able to sue and bring lawsuits against gun manufactures if one of their weapons is used in a crime, this could only lead to putting gun manufactures out of business or making firearms prohibitively too expensive where nobody could afford them and it would most likely lead if a case was won to a ban on firearms and firearm ownership. Maybe we should also be able to sue car companies if someone uses a car to commit a crime or knife manufactures, lets sue everyone who makes things instead of the people that misuse what they make. Obama has also voted for banning gun ownership in cities and high crime areas and wanted guns banned in Chicago as well as other cities and supported the handgun and license to carry ban in DC which was just overturned, he did not comment much on it afterward because most Americans favored it and it was against his views just like the surge and drilling more for our own oil in America. Obama wants the older Clinton bans reinstated and has said they did not go far enough and wanted more bans and regulation mainly at law abiding buyers. His record is clearly against firearms and firearm ownership even though he may not say it in his more recent "speeches" because he may lose more votes and says anything in his "speeches" to try and convince people he has the answer to all our problems when in reality he has absolutely no record of being able to accomplish what he promises and has little record of accomplishing much during his time in the Senate aside from being a good speaker, always siding with the liberal left, and propping himself up for the Presidential nomination. If he is elected gun ownership is something he is going to go after heavily, he is the most liberal Senator and he caters mainly just to that base which is against gun ownership.