With all the misinformation we can receive from the internet, I decided to ask the candidate a question regarding issues that concern me: firearms policies. I asked for specific answers regarding: CCW permits, hi capacity magazines, sportsman's rights, pistol laws and rifle laws. I received the following vague and unsatisfying response...
First off, I was disappointed that [the moderator] ignored the majority of my questions in favor of this cookie cutter response. The only thing this campaign moderator actually admitted is a reinstatement of the AWB and to work toward MORE "effective" gun laws. I'm not sure what he finds to be a "reasonable" balance between sportsman's rights vs. public safety, but I'm sure it isn't a good thing for us.
However, the last line actually made me laugh. Barack seems to believe speaking out against violence will actually matter, that violent young people will hear his words and magically not be criminals anymore. I almost wish I could live in the utopia he seems to reside in, except I'd go crazy there...
My review of firearms policy, directly from one of candidate Barack Obama's campaign moderators?
:barf::barf::barf:
Barack knows that Americans broadly agree that guns must be kept from those who may pose a threat, and that the rights of legitimate hunters and sportsmen should be protected.
We must work to ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of criminals or the mentally ill through an effective background check system. We also have to strike a reasonable balance between public safety and sportsmen's rights.
Barack will continue to work for effective gun laws, including reinstatement of the assault weapons ban that the last Congress allowed to expire, and effective law enforcement. Barack is also speaking out against the culture of violence that traps so many of our young people.
Thanks,
Ana @ Obama HQ
First off, I was disappointed that [the moderator] ignored the majority of my questions in favor of this cookie cutter response. The only thing this campaign moderator actually admitted is a reinstatement of the AWB and to work toward MORE "effective" gun laws. I'm not sure what he finds to be a "reasonable" balance between sportsman's rights vs. public safety, but I'm sure it isn't a good thing for us.
However, the last line actually made me laugh. Barack seems to believe speaking out against violence will actually matter, that violent young people will hear his words and magically not be criminals anymore. I almost wish I could live in the utopia he seems to reside in, except I'd go crazy there...
My review of firearms policy, directly from one of candidate Barack Obama's campaign moderators?
:barf::barf::barf:
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