“Do You or Any Members of Your Immediate Family Own a Gun?”

President-elect Barack Obama has a brief, seven page, sixty-three question questionnaire for any prospective cabinet members or high office holders. Apparently, ideological purity is a rigid requirement to be a part of the Obama administration. One of the deal killer questions I suspect, has not been a problem for past administrations that respected all the rights of the Constitution:

“Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun?” (page 7, question 59).

Obama doesn’t want any closet gun owners sneaking into his administration. Only true believers need apply!
Hat tip Best of the Web
Cross Posted at Proof Positive

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  • http://Array 2Hotel9

    4 Grand for a single shot bolt action. I can’t see it. If I was throwing that kind of money I would spend $8000 for the 82A1 in 20 inch barrel. They shoot sweet as hell and are far more practical.

  • Socks

    If Obama gets a filibuster proof senate, I’d be willing to bet that an anti-gun law gets passed within six months of him assuming office.

    Let’s just hope that they don’t try to make it into a constitutional amendment. I hope that some of the politicians in Washington read Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Who knows, they might actually comprehend what the second amendment was meant to do.

  • 2Hotel9

    Your Majesty, I am an American. My Constitution supersedes and annuls any “law” passed by anti-human, anti-American assholes. End of discussion.

  • 2Hotel9

    They don’t “run” on gun control, they simply put forward gun control legislation and then vote for it.

  • http://www.twitter.com/OneAndOnlyZel QueenZel

    A Smith & Wesson Model 642 and permit to carry concealed.

  • http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

    Obama promises to be the Third Act in a Trilogy of Treason, begun by the vacuous Jimma Carter and turbo-boosted by William Jefferson Benedict Arnold Rosenberg Clinton (see Project Megiddo* ) with his baby-burning, Mommy-shooting antics at places like Ruby Ridge and Waco.

    It’s funny that I had drinks tonight with a former Clinton staffer named Buzz, carrier of the nuclear football.

    Until then I’d always viewed Clinton as someone who just misjudged the threat. Patterson flat out said “nope, he knew…just didn’t care.”

  • http://www.myspace.com/thekingscourt4u Gman

    All I can say is if it does come to pass, and they want mine, they had best bring a metal detector and a shovel.

    Body armor and lots of body bags…..

  • Socks

    Let me rephrase: The idea of him somehow banning guns is quite scary, no?

  • http://www.myspace.com/thekingscourt4u Gman

    I was planning on buying myself a gun for Christmas, along with a good watertight Ammo box to bury it in, but now I have a really good reason to go and get one.

  • http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

    What kind of psychopath would even fill out an application like that?

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    nunez: Obama is trying to shield himself from any possible embarrassments. What embarrassment would be attached to the Constitutional ownership of a firearm, to an administration that respected the rights of individuals to own firearms?

  • 2Hotel9

    Yes, woofie, many of the questions are stolen directly from USG agencies. What is your point?

  • http://www.myspace.com/thekingscourt4u Gman

    I heard before the election, that if Obama would have been nominated by Bush for a cabinet position, he wouldn’t have been able to pass the background check.

    Interesting.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/homosexuality_is_wrong_-_a_compendium move_zig

    Obama promises to be the Third Act in a Trilogy of Treason, begun by the vacuous Jimma Carter and turbo-boosted by William Jefferson Benedict Arnold Rosenberg Clinton (see Project Megiddo* ) with his baby-burning, Mommy-shooting antics at places like Ruby Ridge and Waco.

    Thus anyone who has stockpiled supplies, is a member of a religion that seeks converts, has guns, or is “hoarding” money in anticipation of any Y2K problems is, according to the FBI, a potential terrorist and thus a danger to society during this period of time. If one thinks about it, members of many “mainstream” groups, religious or otherwise, could qualify on one or more of these descriptions. After all many religions do missionary work, lots of people have contingency plans for Y2K related problems, and there are, of course, millions of gun collectors in this country.

    Tanya Metaska, WorldNetDaily, November 04, 1999

    But the difference this time is that neither Carter nor Clinton suggested raising his own armed forces opposite the US military.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    So, does that mean Joe Biden will be fired?

    Fired? Neither Biden nor Obama are the right caliber for the job!

  • http://www.willisms.com/ Zsa Zsa

    I still don’t own a gun. Does that mean I could be a member of Obama’s cabinet? Creepy!

  • di butler

    All I can say is if it does come to pass, and they want mine, they had best bring a metal detector and a shovel.

  • 2Hotel9

    Still waiting for you to provide that exhaustive list of the 1000s of American citizens who have been persecuted under any provision of the Patriot Act.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    The idea of him somehow banning guns is quite scary, no?

    Yes. The next four years will be no walk in the park.

  • Socks

    Ok, I see your point. But it is scary is it not?

  • Spartacus

    Well I guess that eliminates me from a lucrative job living off the teet of the common tax payer, and book royalties for the steamy tell all novel in 4 years. I just laid our about $3800 for one of these cute li’l old shooters in .416 a few weeks ago. Damn it!

  • http://www.bikebubba.blogspot.com/ Bike Bubba

    Sparkless, given that Obama has campaigned on “reasonable gun control,” care to align your ranting with reality?

    In fairness to Obama, Proof’s inference would seem to disqualify Joe Biden from any role in his administration. That noted, well, he’s VP, so he IS disqualified for an active role. :^)

  • kbiel

    So, does that mean Joe Biden will be fired?

  • 2Hotel9

    Sorry, my Constitutional Rights are not subject to the interpretations of any cocksucking lawyerfuck. Period. Full stop.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    They don’t “run” on gun control, they simply put forward gun control legislation and then vote for it.

    And nominate and vote to confirm justices that further their agenda.

    You hypocrite. You can hardly rant about this, given the stuff you have been supportive of for the last 8 years.

    Where have I supported the “ideological purity” of the Bush cabinet or an act of Bush’s showing intolerance for viewpoints other than his own? Link?

    hypocrite.

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

  • http://anthonynunez.blogspot.com/ nunez

    How do you know what every question’s intent is on an individual basis? The idea that he’s going to be embarrassed if somebody owns a gun legally is ridiculous.

  • http://anthonynunez.blogspot.com/ nunez

    It also asked if you have a diary. By your assumptions they would be acceptable either. How about less accusations and more Proof, Proof.

  • http://northerngleaner.blogspot.com/ Gene

    Let’s see, either I can be a member of Obama’s administration or I can keep my 7 guns.

    HMMMMM

    Guess

  • 2Hotel9

    That would knock me and just about every member of mine and Wifey’s families out of the running. Not to mention 95% of the people we know.

    And the very first question knocks Barri out of the running. Too funny!!!

  • MrBlackburn

    In the questionaire it also asks if you have any “radical associations“. So even the President Elect wouldn’t even be qualified for an administrative position.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Point is this is not the wedge to begin collecting all the weapons in the US.

    No, this is Obama making sure that all his fellow travelers are on the same page of his anti-gun agenda, insuring the ideological purity of his cabinet, and a demonstration of his tolerance for viewpoints other than his own.

    The collection comes later.

  • Friend of USA

    That questionaire is just a formality, if they want to know everything about you, they will find a way, ask Joe the plumber.

    And by “they” I mean the Obama disciples.

  • Bat One

    If this is Obama’s litmus test for administration officials, can there be any doubt what all that pre-election B.S. about “consensus”, “reaching across the aisle”, and “post-partisanship” was really worth? Not to mention judiciary appointments!

    Stock up while you can… this guys gonna try to outlaw guns no matter what the Constitution and the Supreme Court say about the matter.

  • 2Hotel9

    Gman, a buried gun is as useless as a confiscated gun. You have the right to keep and bear arms, don’t throw that right away by being willing unarmed.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Let’s just hope that they don’t try to make it into a constitutional amendment.

    Too difficult. Too long. Requires ratification of 3/4 of the states. Never happen.

    A Federal law with a Federal judiciary to back it up? That, on the other hand, could happen quite quickly.

  • http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

    He has tipped off his agenda. Bad underhanded guy. Doesn’t even have the guts to be honest with the American people.

  • 2Hotel9

    And gang? Checkout the entire “questionnaire”, talk about invasive bullshit, the FBI does not go into most of this in its background checks.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Sparkie! How nice of you to toddle in here! I was going to ignore your last comment as mindless drivel, but you keep dribbling the drivel!

    You can hardly rant about this, given the stuff you have been supportive of for the last 8 years.

    …demonstration of his tolerance for viewpoints other than his own

    So, when George Bush appointed Colin Powell as his Secretary of State, they were in ideological lockstep? What a maroon!

    (Let me remind the product of the Vermont public schools that Colin Powell backed Democrat Barack Obama in this last race. )

    Go back to sleep, Sparkles. We’ll wake you when something important comes up.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    What kind of psychopath would even fill out an application like that?

    I sensed great paranoia in the range and scope of questions being asked.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    given the stuff you have been supportive of for the last 8 years.

    Speaking of ass-umptions, since I have only been blogging here a little over two years (BTW, thanks for not getting me anything for my anniversary last month!), on what do you base this particular piece of mindless offal?
    Mind reading? Tea leaves?? A Ouija board???

    Or perhaps you could link us to what “stuff” I specifically supported during those six years, when you were as fully informed of my opinions as you are of most everything else that dribbles past the drool cup of your keyboard?

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    A Smith & Wesson Model 642 and permit to carry concealed.

    There goes your career with the Obama administration!

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    nunez: Here’s a way to make a little easy money, if my “assumptions” are wrong:

    I’ll give you twenty dollars for every member of Obama’s cabinet that is a member of the NRA and you give me ten dollars for every one that isn’t! Deal?

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    The idea that he’s going to be embarrassed if somebody owns a gun legally is ridiculous.

    No, the idea that Obama would knowingly appoint a gun owner to his cabinet would be embarrassing to him, especially if later they were to stand on principle and in the way of his agenda.
    Here’s a quarter, nunez. Buy a clue!

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

    Poof
    You hypocrite. You can hardly rant about this, given the stuff you have been supportive of for the last 8 years.

    this is Obama making sure that all his fellow travelers are on the same page of his anti-gun agenda, insuring the ideological purity of his cabinet, and a demonstration of his tolerance for viewpoints other than his own

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

    Thus anyone who has stockpiled supplies, is a member of a religion that seeks converts, has guns, or is “hoarding” money in anticipation of any Y2K problems is, according to the FBI, a potential terrorist and thus a danger to society during this period of time. If one thinks about it, members of many “mainstream” groups, religious or otherwise, could qualify on one or more of these descriptions.

    Its funny to hear MoveZig complaining about that, given he is probably a ‘Patriot Act’ and wiretapping apologist.

  • WOOFX

    Secret Service question.

    “Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun?” (page 7, question 59).

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

    This scare post is all well and good. Time will tell if Obama is going to pursue stupid gun laws. If he does, it will ‘shoot him in the foot’.

    No democrat campaigns on banning guns. Period. That might be something for Obama to bear in mind. I take it there is a reason they do not campaign on that issue.

  • WOOFX

    Point is this is not the wedge
    to begin collecting all the weapons
    in the US.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

    These laws should be state laws. Obama should have the political acumen to understand that. A short meditation on the states that landed him the victory should lay that bare to anyone.

    given that Obama has campaigned on “reasonable gun control,”

    so. what does that mean? its just campaign jibber. can we extract a goddamn coherent thing from the recent campaigns at all?

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