What's Really Behind Obama's New Push for Gun Control?
By John Lott
Published March 24, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Despite the Libyan crisis and ongoing problems with America's massive deficit, last week President Obama decided it was time to focus on gun control. He wrote an op-ed, challenged the NRA to negotiate new gun control regulations, and met with gun control groups.
Of course, Obama's op-ed says he supports gun rights. Yet, he also emphasizes that he doesn't want people to "shout at one another" and supports "reasonable laws." Alas, this is simply positioning for the 2012 presidential election and does not accurately describe his true agenda on gun control.
Obama claimed in his op-ed: “My administration has not curtailed the rights of gun owners, it has expanded them, including allowing people to carry their guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.” But he conveniently forgot to mention that he never initiated or supported this legislation. Instead, it was forced upon Obama by a large majority of Congress passing an amendment to a bill that he wanted passed, the “Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009.” Just because Obama wasn’t willing to veto a bill he wanted hardly shows support for the right to self-defense.
Personally I am not too worried about Obama pushing for gun control until he wins or loses the 2012 election, then he will write many antigun executive orders.
When BHO was a politician in Illinois, he had a very anti-gun voting record, even for an anti-gun Dem legislature.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
He can attempt to curb gun ownership etc. ( Don't think it will happen) but it would involve the Constititution and the 2nd amendment. There will be lots of court cases, and it will end up in the Supreme Court
