Here is the article linked above...interesting reading...
Which supports what I said in the initial thread....
In the LJW article entitled, "Obama Explains Gun Stance"
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/sep/06/obama_explains_gun_stance/
the apologists for Barack Hussein Obama attempt to whitewash his previously stated positions on gun control in the USA.
Barack Hussein Obama has clearly defined his anti-gun stance on more than one occasion and has repeatedly pronounced his efforts to restrict the ability of the ordinary citizen to protect him/her self through the use of firearms.
Barack Hussein Obama has publicly proclaimed his opposition to the carrying of concealed weapons by law abiding citizens.
Barack Hussein Obama has said that he would restrict the sales of firearms in inner city areas, thus removing responsibility from the inner-city perpetrators of firearms crimes and placing it on law abiding firearms dealers and other law abiding private citizens.
Barack Hussein Obama has said that he wants to ban all semi-automatic rifles and handguns, as well is re-implement the flawed so-called "Assault Weapons" ban, telling us that such weapons are involved in a "disproportionate number of crimes", when even by the government's own statistics, such a statement is entirely false!
In typical Pseudo-liberal/Neo-socialist fashion, Barack Hussein Obama seeks to perpetuate the myth, no; the lie, that inner-city violence is precipitated by the firearm, rather than by the immoral, heartless and criminal thugs who add to the statistics!
Barack Hussein Obama on gun cnontrol (With citations!):
On concealed weapons:
"I am not in favor of concealed weapons," Obama said. "I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations."
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_560181.html
Of course, he offers no evidence to support this absurd claim!
On the "Assault Weapons" ban:
"35. Do you support legislation to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of..
...b. assault weapons?
Yes.
c. ammunition for handguns and assault weapons?
I would support banning the sale of ammunition for assault weapons and limiting the sale of ammunition for handguns."
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/12/sweet_column_obamas_2003_iviip.html
This position despite the facts!
The TRUTH of the "Assault Weapons" myth:
"According to a 1997 compilation of statistics from the years 1980-1994, from 48 metropolitan police departments, "assault weapons" were used, nationwide, in only 1.4% of crimes involving firearms and only 0.25% of all violent crime, BEFORE the enactment of any state or national "assault weapons" ban. (Gary Kleck, “Targeting Guns,” 1997)"
"A study done by the Department of Justice in 2006 (two years after the expiration of the 1994 "Assault Weapons" ban) found no instances of police officers being killed with "assault weapons" that year. (U.S. Department of Justice, "Violent Encounters: A Study of Felonious Assaults on Our Nation's Law Enforcement Officers", August 2006)
According to the Miami Herald (January 14, 2008), only 1.4% of police officers fatally shot in the line of duty in 2007 were shot with “assault weapons.”
Most of these "high-powered" guns labeled as "assault weapons" actually fire significantly smaller, less powerful rounds (bullets) than most hunting rifles."
And what about the frog and the scorpion?
Remember the tale wrongly attributed to Aesop?
"The story is about a scorpion asking a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung, but the scorpion reassures him that if it stung the frog, the frog would sink and the scorpion would drown as well. The frog then agrees; nevertheless, in mid-river, the scorpion stings him, dooming the two of them. When asked why, the scorpion explains, "I'm a scorpion; it's my nature."
Barack Hussein Obama has not changed his thoughts on gun control; he is merely disguising them to garner support.
Although not a Christian, I do like to borrow the occasional quote or bit of wisdom from the seminal document of that religion and today I'm going to remind you about the leopard and his spots:
Jeremiah 13:23 (King James Version):
"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? "
Barack Hussein Obama has not changed but he wants desperately for you to believe that he has!