John Lott Commenting on Obama - Washington Times Op-Ed.
The Washington Times ran an op-ed by John Lott calling Obama's position on the 2nd Amendment into question. Read the whole thing here.
The day the Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.'s gun ban, Mr. Obama claimed the court's decision merely ratified his own position. He told Fox News he had "said consistently that I believe that the Second Amendment is an individual right, and that was the essential decision that the Supreme Court came down on." So, has Mr. Obama consistently supported individuals' rights to own guns and opposed the D.C. handgun ban? Last November, Mr. Obama's campaign told the Chicago Tribune that "Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional." After the Illinois senator's statement supporting the Supreme Court striking down the ban, the campaign quickly disowned the Chicago Tribune quote as a staffer's "inartful attempt" to characterize his position.
Combine this with the following:
A candidate questionnaire shows that Mr. Obama supported a ban on handguns in 1996. In 1998, he backed a ban on the sale of all semiautomatic guns (a ban that would encompass the vast majority of guns sold in the U.S.) In 2004, he advocated banning gun sales within five miles of a school or park (essentially a ban on all guns sold in almost all the states). Possibly, even more importantly, he served on the board of the Joyce Foundation, probably the largest private funder of anti-gun and pro-ban groups and research in the country.
I can respect Democratic candidates that put their money where their mouth is regarding "gun issues" - people like Brain Schwitzer (Gov. Montana) and Bill Richardson (Gov. of New Mexico) - but Obama's stance is lock-step with the those of the Chicago political machine.
Folks out there reading this from states other than Illinois: You see what we're up against here because of Daley's political influence. We're an entire county away and we can't escape it! Stop for a moment and imagine how bad it'd be if someone like that influenced the entire country...
Posted 01:13PM Sep 02, 2008 by MCSA
