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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: Hazcat on January 27, 2011, 03:38:31 PM
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Obama intentionally did not mention gun control in his State of the Union, but aides say that in the next two weeks the administration will unveil a campaign to get Congress to toughen existing laws.
At the beginning of his State of the Union address, President Obama tipped his hat to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who’s now recuperating in a Houston medical facility. But throughout the hourlong speech, he never addressed the issue at the core of the Giffords tragedy—gun control—and what lawmakers would, or should, do to reform American firearm-access laws.
That was intentional, according to the White House. An administration official says Obama didn’t mention guns in his speech because of the omnipresent controversy surrounding the Second Amendment and gun control. Tuesday’s speech was designed to be more about the economy and how, as Obama repeated nine times, the U.S. could “win the future.”
But in the next two weeks, the White House will unveil a new gun-control effort in which it will urge Congress to strengthen current laws, which now allow some mentally unstable people, such as alleged Arizona shooter Jared Loughner, to obtain certain assault weapons, in some cases without even a background check.
Tuesday night after the speech, Obama adviser David Plouffe said to NBC News that the president would not let the moment after the Arizona shootings pass without pushing for some change in the law, to prevent another similar incident. “It’s a very important issue, and one I know there’s going to be debate about on the Hill.”
The White House said that to avoid being accused of capitalizing on the Arizona shootings for political gain, Obama will address the gun issue in a separate speech, likely early next month. He’s also expected to use Arizona as a starting point, but make the case that America’s gun laws have been too loose for much longer than just the past few weeks.
As the White House prepares its strategy, several gun-policy groups are saying they were burned by the lack of any mention of guns in the president’s highest-profile speech of the year. “President Obama tonight failed to challenge old assumptions on the need for, and political possibilities of, reducing the gun violence—which he suggested should be done two weeks ago in Tucson,” said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation’s largest gun-safety group. No group said it had been consulted by the White House regarding legislative suggestions.
Meanwhile, the National Rifle Association has stayed largely silent following the Arizona shootings. Asked about a specialized White House effort on guns, a spokesman for the powerful gun lobby declined to comment.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/27/white-house-to-push-gun-control.html
Comments at link.
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Timely, as the ATF Study on Shotgun Importations, has been released.
I posted the PDF, on the Down Range Thread. NOT good news. Remember, BHO will claim plausible deniability, and let AG Holder, be the bad guy......
and all the anti-politicians speak.
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From an important speech by a GREAT President...............................
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The moment Obama ends his speech is when every gun owner should swamp their senators and representatives with calls, e-mails, and typed letters.
The more heat they get from this, the more they will fight to stop it.
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Every time I buy a gun I feel like I am casting a vote.
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I'm glad an AR or AK isn't on my shopping list - they are going to get very expensive very quickly. It's going to be like November 2008 all over again.
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I'm glad an AR or AK isn't on my shopping list - they are going to get very expensive very quickly. It's going to be like November 2008 all over again.
BHO was the single BEST gun salesman in 09, it "slightly mellowed" last year. Than Tuscon, and high cap pistol mags, went from $19.95 at botachtactical.com to $47.50 at last weeks gun show.
Now a fragile, sketchy, market, is on the razor's edge of what we saw in Spring 09.....Remember .380/.223 ammo?
Now the importation of certain shotguns are targeted, for now.....
what's next?, imported rifles? pistols? What scares me more is imported ammo getting chopped. THAN the American ammo market will achieve what the anti's want.
Want gun control? Make bullets $5 a piece. Ranges, dealers, etc,... shut down. Competitive shooting, SASS, etc,. dwindle cause nobody can afford to shoot.
Everyone stockpiles, demand stays high, keeping prices high....
The slippery slope, just got steeper.
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Let's see... We now have a Senate full of nervous Dummycraps coming up for reelection in 2012 and who saw what happened in the House in 2010. We currently have a (theoretically) conservative majority in the House. We have a large number of states considering relaxed gun laws. We have a dissatisfaction rampant among average Americans who basically just don't like the turn to the left taken by Odamna.
Yep. Sounds like exactly the right time for Odamna to piss off the majority of Americans still clinging to God and guns.
I think this effort is going to be a fart in a windstorm. (FWIW)
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I think this effort is going to be a fart in a windstorm. (FWIW)
Remember crusader,......the ATF has a new head honcho in Andrew Travers,...BHO's Chicago buddy....AND AG Holder....They can make gun owners miserable, BYPASSING Congress.
Just like banning importation of shotguns (if it happens).....Congress will have nothing to do with it.
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I bought a M4 today. I bought it cause Ive wanted one for awhile, but I also bought it as a "show of force" of my Second Amendment Rights. My own personal affirmation. ;D
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Want gun control? Make bullets $5 a piece. Ranges, dealers, etc,... shut down. Competitive shooting, SASS, etc,. dwindle cause nobody can afford to shoot.
Yep. The Chris Rock school of gun control.