With the election less than a week away, I suspect most of you have made up your minds, and perhaps have even already voted. If you’re one of them, this post isn’t for you. I promise the next post will be politics free, and 100% about guns (it’ll be about a new AR upper I built).
For anyone out there who’s still on the fence, if the one thing that’s keeping you from voting for Obama is his position on guns, I’d encourage you to check out this video:
If you’re concerned it might be biased (and it probably is), check out this analysis on some of NRA’s claims. Now, I won’t lie and say that Obama is going to be a pro-gun President. He does support something similar to the Assault Weapon Ban that we got in the 90’s, and if it comes to it, I’ll be there fighting against it with you. But remember that we face much bigger issues today, whether it’s the economy, the war, health care, social security, education, or even the fact that our country is so politically polarized. On those issues, I think Obama has the right ideas, but to get anything done in those areas, he’d need the support of Republicans and moderate Democrats. That’ll limit his ability to do anything drastic around gun control, especially when his liberal base doesn’t actually consider guns to be a major issue (trust me, ask any liberal to name the top 5 issues, and I’d be surprised if gun control even comes up). So I, for one, am pretty confident my guns will still be safe under his presidency, if he is elected.
This is such a refreshing view. As a gun nut I do feel strongly on the topic, but I just think McCain being president (or Paulin even more) is a bit terrifying. Thanks for this.
I have never understood the positions of the parties on gun control. Rich Republicans want to get all your money & they want the people that they ripped off to have guns? Democrats want to give power to the people (pro choice on abortion, gay marriage, etc.) but don’t want to have personal choice on guns. If I supported legislation to enable the rich to grab more than their share, the last thing I would want is for the peons to have guns. Note: I am a “peon” too!
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Of course, it’s been well established that the American Hunters and Shooters Association is just a front for gun-control idiots. They make statements like that in press releases, but actually they are completely against everything the NRA stands for.
Biden was the original writer of the 1994-2004 Assault Weapons Ban. Now he’s vice-president, and you think they won’t come after AR-15s and Uzis? Obama is just another politician, he’ll say anything to get people to vote for him.