Found this article posted on Fark.com Laws alone can't stop violence: Obama
here are the reliant portions. Better to read the whole article though.
I don't even need to go over the "gun show loophole".
Yea I know I am preaching to the choir, but I figured that we can all use more ammo against the gun-banners.
here are the reliant portions. Better to read the whole article though.
On one hand, good for him speaking the truth on parents getting more involved in their kids lives. On the other, he is openly admitting his anti-gun nature that we all already know.Obama said elected officials can help by restoring federal funding to put more police on the street and passing more gun-control legislation, such as better background checks for gun purchasers. But laws alone can't change things -- some parents have to get more involved in their children's lives, he said.
So you are for gun bans, but are against them? Sounds like Kerry with his, "I was against the war before I was for it" moment. You can be for one or the other Mr Obama, not both. I wonder what kind of answer we would get if we asked him if he thought the Pope was Catholic?Obama, who had trouble with gun owners in Pennsylvania and other states, said he has never supported a blanket ban on handguns but favors letting local officials enact gun regulation appropriate for their areas. Banning guns has not always proven effective, he said.
My brain hurts just reading that pack of lies. Police conducting LEGITIMATE police investigations have always had access to the ATF data and that access was not impeded under the Tiahart Amendment. It is people like Mayor Daley, Bloomberg, and others who have had access cut off from this data. That is why they are whining so hard. They are upset that someone dared tell them, "No, you can't do that."There's a bunch of things we can do. I've already said as president I want to restore [federal] COPS funding, which will put police on the streets. Additional police improves public safety. New York has seen a huge drop in crime over the last decade, more than even other cities, and part of it is they've got more cops than anybody else per capita. We've got to help local communities put more police on the streets. We want to make sure we provide state and local government with the targeting information they need, the technology they need to make sure police are going to the places most at risk for gun violence. We've got to tighten up our gun laws. I've said before we should have a much tougher background check system, one that's much more effective and make sure there aren't loopholes out there like the gun show loophole. [Or] The Tiahart Amendment [requiring destruction of gun-purchase records.] Here's an example of something common-sense: The ATF [federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms] should be able to share info with local communities about where guns are coming from, tracing guns that are used in criminal activity. It's been blocked consistently in Congress. As president, I'm gong to make sure we know if guns are being sold by unscrupulous gun dealers not abiding by existing laws. We should know about that.
I don't even need to go over the "gun show loophole".
Yea I know I am preaching to the choir, but I figured that we can all use more ammo against the gun-banners.