NRA To Square Off Against Obama
Expect Obama to flee before the NRA’s criticisms with yet another policy shift toward a more gun-friendly position on par with his flip flops on public financing, FISA and illegal immigration:
The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.
“Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, [the District of Columbia v. Heller decision] could be taken away from us in the future,” Chris Cox, head of the NRA’s political arm, told Politico.
The politically powerful gun-rights group will split its message efforts between communicating with its 4 million members and the tens of millions more firearms owners spread across the country.
The people in the media hate guns. Most of the political leadership in America’s urban areas hate guns. But a majority of Americans like their guns, and I doubt there’s a politician in this country who can garner enough good will from Americans to campaign on a gun control platform and still win.
It’s just not gonna happen, so expect some photo-ops with Obama sporting a shotgun and some dead ducks this fall.
