Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about tighenting gun regulations during a visit to the Denver Police Academy in Denver, Colorado April 3, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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President Barack Obama sought to rally public support for proposed background checks for all gun buyers, touting new gun control measures enacted in Colorado - the scene of two of the deadliest gun massacres in American history - as "a model of what's possible."
Obama is aiming to revive stalled momentum in Congress for several gun control measures, including universal background checks for gun buyers, that he called for after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut school in December. The Senate is set to take up gun control next week.Speaking in a Western state that Obama noted has a strong tradition of gun ownership and hunting, the president said that taking action to reduce gun violence does not have to infringe on Americans' gun rights, enshrined in the Constitution's Second Amendment."There doesn't have to be a conflict between protecting our citizens and protecting our Second Amendment rights," Obama told a cheering crowd in Denver.
Obama can hope all he wants, but he'll never get me to change on the question of rights. What he's calling for is an infringement, and he and others should stop lying about it.
ReplyDeleteHey, you gotta stop calling people liars for disagreeing with you.
DeleteMike and Obama.
DeletePerhaps you know Russian epic of Cinderella: If Shoe Fits, wear it.
Mikeb, he made a statement that is blatantly contrary to facts. Note that he admits that our rights aren't created by the Constitution. Some of them are enshrined there. But then he claims that a ban on some things and a restriction on others isn't an infringement. Either he's a liar or a fool. Actually, those aren't mutually exclusive.
DeleteSimon Jester, I see what you did there.
He's right, there doesn't have to be a conflict. Unfortunately, everything he proposes Does conflict, and most of it won't do jack to protect anyone.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to checks and balances, none of it will pass.
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