NRA to Montana: Obama a threat to gun owners
By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Aug 13, 2008 | In News, Barack Obama | 9 feedbacks »
Helena, Mont. (AP) – The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate “a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement.”
The group was responding to recent remarks by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who supports gun rights and told reporters this week that Obama “ain’t ever going to take your gun away.” Schweitzer, who has the NRA’s support in his re-election bid, added that there is little difference between the Democrat and Republican John McCain.
The NRA said Schweitzer was misrepresenting the candidates’ positions.
“To somehow suggest (Obama) is supportive of gun owners because he says so when he is in Montana running for president is absurd,” the NRA’s Chris W. Cox said in a telephone interview from Virginia. “We are going to make sure that anybody that tells Montana gun owners that Barack Obama is not a threat to gun owners is exposed as someone who is not shooting straight.”
Schweitzer said Wednesday he stands by his comments.
The Obama campaign said Schweitzer was right on the mark, noting the governor had said Obama is more outspoken than McCain on protecting hunting access to public lands.
The Obama campaign has stressed to Western voters that the candidate’s support of “sensible” gun control won’t get in the way of their traditions. But it has not released specifics on what type of gun measures Obama would deem sensible.
Obama has hired a staff and is running campaign ads in his quest for Montana’s three electoral votes, hoping to be only the third Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1948.
The NRA plans to spend $40 million nationally this campaign season, and has yet to determine how much will be spent in individual states.
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Barack has absolutely no reason to pick a fight like that and I would hope by now that American voters would be smart enough to smell b.s. when they see it.
But...just in case, here is Barack Obama's official statement on Second Amendment Rights, taken from his website:
Millions of hunters and shooters own and use guns each year. Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase,
own, transport, and use guns.
-To get a gun license in CT you must must first apply for, and be granted a local pistol permit. A local pistol permit may be obtained from the police chief in the town in which you reside or maintain a place of business.
If it is good for CT, why not Illinois?
He also proposed to close all gun shops within 5 miles of a school or park.
-Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Why would you want guns near children?
No one will ever take your guns away unless you are a nut
I firmly believe that every American that can pass the tests and demonstrate responsibility carry a gun at all times even to work.
Let's say some coworker has a nut for a spouse and they come in and start shooting
the cops are 5 minutes away, 10 from setting up a perimeter
they will be out of bullets by then
Barack is concerned with the inner cities that are out of control due to irresponsible parents
meanwhile, while we all argue over abortion and guns big business is screwing us over again
it's a diversionary tatic that comes up on every election
ignore it
what's funny is the dems say
the repubs are going to screw you and give everything to big business and raise taxes on the little guy
which is true
the repubs will say
the dems are going to take your guns away and raise your taxes and we will fight abortion
which is all a lie
using the past 8 years as evidence
"-Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Why would you want guns near children? "
What difference does that make? Poisons and many other deadly items are kept in your kitchen, bath, & garage near schools and they are far easier to get than guns.
The sole reason he proposes these issues is to get votes from the uninformed.
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