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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Obama Slammed At NRA Convention

In a speech delivered yesterday at the NRA Convention, Senator John McCain took aim at his democratic opponent:
The Second Amendment isn’t some archaic custom that matters only to rural Americans who find solace in firearms out of frustration with their economic circumstances. The Second Amendment is unique in the world. It guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. To argue anything else is to reject the clear meaning of our Founding Fathers.


McCain, one of 55 senators who signed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the District of Columbia gun ban, went on to mock Obama’s characterization of Hillary Clinton duck-hunting with a six-shooter. Drawing laughter from the convention, he highlighted Obama’s ignorance on the subject.
Someone should tell Senator Obama that ducks are usually hunted with shotguns.


Wayne La Pierre, NRA President, said of McCain, who has butted heads with the NRA on issues like background checks at gun fairs and campaign contributions, that there were “vast numbers of areas” on which McCain and the NRA agreed.

In no uncertain terms, McCain declared,
For more than two decades, I’ve opposed efforts to ban guns, ban ammuntion, ban magazines and dismiss gun-owners as some kind of fringe group unwlecome in “modern” America.


Obama responded by saying he supports the Second Amendment but wants “common sense gun laws so that we don’t have kids being shot on the streets.” No elaboration on what he meant by ‘common sense’ gun laws was forthcoming.

You can use your own imagination in guessing what they would be.

Comments

Come on bud. Did you expect anything less?

ellinas on May 17, 2008 at 09:57 am

elinas: ???


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The stakes are high. Whether the issue is the economy, or energy, or the federal courts or national security, the right answers are coming not from the Democrats, but from the Republicans. The surge of operations that began a year ago is succeeding. The only way to lose this fight is to quit. Richard M. Cheney, Vice President, 30 May, 2008

pparets on May 17, 2008 at 10:03 am

John McCain has a pretty mixed record on gun control.

From sponsoring bills to ban gun shows to requiring people to lock up their guns so they couldn’t defend themselves McCain has NOT been a solid pro gun vote.

Maybe McCain’s learned his lesson.  I guess we have to take him at his word.

Do you suppose he’ll straighten out on other issues where he’s dead wrong?


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on May 17, 2008 at 10:28 am

We had three “kids” high on drugs, caught on their own camera, with illegal guns, shooting an innocent civilian.  They are all in jail today, but only on $60,000 bond.  The other gang member is charged with intent to distribute crack cocaine.  Just like the “no mention” of Democrats, there was no mention of the fact that all of these wild men were negroes.


Communism is evil

Chief RZ on May 17, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Obama responded by saying he supports the Second Amendment but wants “common sense gun laws so that we don’t have kids being shot on the streets.” No elaboration on what he meant by ‘common sense’ gun laws was forthcoming.

I don’t believe him one bit. This man got an “F” from the NRA.


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goon on May 17, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Goon:

I don’t believe him one bit.

Bingo! A vote for Obama is a vote against the 2nd Amendment.

And yet there are folks willing to see him win, just to make a point… how dumb is that?


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The stakes are high. Whether the issue is the economy, or energy, or the federal courts or national security, the right answers are coming not from the Democrats, but from the Republicans. The surge of operations that began a year ago is succeeding. The only way to lose this fight is to quit. Richard M. Cheney, Vice President, 30 May, 2008

pparets on May 17, 2008 at 12:52 pm

I’ve heard this fear-mongering from the NRA crowd over 45 years. I guess that is the only way conservatives can keep the faithful in line: through fear.

watashiwa on May 17, 2008 at 01:31 pm

watashiwa:  You’ve heard the same ‘fear-mongering’ from the pro-abortion crowd over the years too.

Any limit on abortion - including partial birth, the murdering of a life child - is never to be allowed, because it might open the door to taking away all abortion rights.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The stakes are high. Whether the issue is the economy, or energy, or the federal courts or national security, the right answers are coming not from the Democrats, but from the Republicans. The surge of operations that began a year ago is succeeding. The only way to lose this fight is to quit. Richard M. Cheney, Vice President, 30 May, 2008

pparets on May 17, 2008 at 01:36 pm

"… the murdering of a live* child...”

My bad.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The stakes are high. Whether the issue is the economy, or energy, or the federal courts or national security, the right answers are coming not from the Democrats, but from the Republicans. The surge of operations that began a year ago is succeeding. The only way to lose this fight is to quit. Richard M. Cheney, Vice President, 30 May, 2008

pparets on May 17, 2008 at 01:40 pm

I’ve heard this fear-mongering from the NRA crowd over 45 years.

I wouln’t have thought you were that old. It would seem that you would be smarter than you are with that many years behind you.


Election ‘08 - We Are So Screwed

Pilgrim on May 17, 2008 at 01:51 pm

I’ve heard this fear-mongering from the NRA crowd

As opposed to the fear-mongering from the Sarah Brady bunch? The NRA is a bunch of pikers compared to the “look out for Dodge City, blood in the streets” anti-gun crowd!



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Proof on May 17, 2008 at 01:51 pm

and we’re supposed to believe that these people give a SHIT about the constitution? Bush got rid of search warrants, due process… he looked at the constitution, thought about it for a minute, and wiped his ass with it.

now you guys wanna invoke it to keep guns? how about supporting all its details all the time and not just when its convenient and you’re not in the midst of a ‘patriotic’ constitution-stomping anti-terrorist frenzy, acting like a twelve year old girl on sugar?

can i get one of you to repeat the arguments about how its okay to suspend the constitution to fight terror? then right after that, gripe about it being abused and your guns.

are we out of the ‘war’ yet? can we go back to having due process and warrants again? lets hear it girls?

i support all the consitution. warrants, due process, and guns. to do otherwise is unpatriotic, and about as dangerous as you ask us to believe Pelosi is.


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Sparkie Arbuckle on May 18, 2008 at 07:19 am

Bush got rid of search warrants, due process…

Huh?


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on May 18, 2008 at 11:32 am

Hey Whistler according to the leftist and defeatocrats that Bush is the reason we have all these problems, water boarding, domestic spying, terrorist without Habeus Corpus rights. In fact some on the left thing Bush is on the other end of the phone calls that he has been listening to.


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goon on May 18, 2008 at 03:11 pm
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