Editorial: Obama ducks

[philw]

owwww  cry me a river   


http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090511_Editorial__Obama_ducks.html

Big-city mayors and handgun-safety advocates have every right to be fed up with President Obama's track record so far on initiatives to help end the carnage from gun violence on the nation's streets.

Even in the aftermath of a number of grisly mass murders, the president made clear that his administration would not push to reinstate the assault-weapons ban that Congress and former President George W. Bush allowed to expire in 2004.

Now, Obama has taken a pass on repealing the Bush-era laws that shield gun traffickers and their suppliers. In cities such as Philadelphia and Camden, that's like reaffirming a death sentence for the hundreds of people slain each year by gunfire.

Last week, handgun-control advocates revealed that the president's 2010 budget reaffirms the so-called Tiahrt Amendment, which hamstrings law enforcement in tracing guns used in crimes.

The rules require records on gun background checks to be destroyed within 24 hours and bar law-enforcement officials from sharing gun-trace data with the public, advocates, or even criminal-justice scholars.

One good change proposed in the rules by Obama would free the hands of law-enforcement agencies somewhat in pursuing illegal gun deals, but the administration leaves most of the Tiahrt Amendment provisions in place.

"This policy has allowed guns to remain in the hands of hundreds of criminals," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Indeed, without good tracking data on handgun sales, police, federal authorities, and the public have a tough time learning "where the guns are going and which gun dealers are selling to traffickers," explains Bryan Miller, head of Ceasefire NJ.

The Tiahrt Amendment doesn't need to be tweaked; it needs to be scrapped - if the nation has any hope of stemming the flow of illegal guns. An updated assault-weapons ban should accompany that move, along with a federal ban on gun-show weapons sales without background checks. In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, monthly limits on legal handgun purchases should be enacted.

All of these gun-safety efforts deserve the president's full support.

[tombogan03884]

Some time ago I posted on here that as B Whore had lied to every one else during the campaign he would probably crap on the gun grabbers as well. I have 2 other things to say besides "I told you so", 1) GOOD !, 2) HA  HA.

[MikeBjerum]

I still don't trust the man.  This is not reflective of his history.  Is he waiting till after the mid-term elections, is he waiting till his reelection, is he waiting to restaff the Supreme Court, or is he doing it quietly with his minions?

I feel that at some point he will spring it all on us, but for the time being he is trying to lull us to sleep and get our NRA and GOA busy elsewhere.

[SwoopSJ]

As someone who has spent some time in Philly and been lost in Camden (road construction on my way to Atlantic City from Philly) I believe if you're a law abiding citizen, you should be required to carry a gun there.  While staying in the good part of Philly, I decided to walk from my hotel to a nearby restaurant instead of taking a cab.  Along the way, I passed what seemed to be Russian mafia, several groups of gang bangers, and one guy that followed us for about two blocks yelling some sort of jibberish.  He wasn't speaking in a foreign tongue, unless you consider psycho a legitimate language.     I have visited several big cities, but I have never been as wary of my surroundings as in Philly.  City of "brotherly love", my butt!

Swoop

 

[PegLeg45]

Big-city mayors and handgun-safety advocates have every right to be fed up with President Obama's track record so far on initiatives to help end the carnage from gun violence on the nation's streets.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090511_Editorial__Obama_ducks.html

Oh the drama....they make it sound like we're in the middle of a scene from 'Blackhawk Down'......

[Sponsor]

[MikeBjerum]

Oh the drama....they make it sound like we're in the middle of a scene from 'Blackhawk Down'......

It almost is.  They fear us and we fear them.  The only thing missing is the actual shooting numbers they claim.

[Pathfinder]

I still don't trust the man.  This is not reflective of his history.  Is he waiting till after the mid-term elections, is he waiting till his reelection, is he waiting to restaff the Supreme Court, or is he doing it quietly with his minions?

I feel that at some point he will spring it all on us, but for the time being he is trying to lull us to sleep and get our NRA and GOA busy elsewhere.

IMHO, he is following Emanuel's dvise and taking as much advantage of whatever passes for a crises while testing the waters, or worse yet, deflecting our attention while he lays the groundwork for the grab - which will come. But it will come in a way we will not see coming (like he did with the treaty trial balloon) and in which we have little or no recourse. And, it will be nothing we have any clue about now, like maybe a UN deal.

As Sun Tzu said, let your plans be as dark as midnight, and when you move, fall like lightning.

The gummint bureaucracy may be slow-moving and idiotic, with IQs in the double digits on warm days. But do not ever for one second think that the people in control are anything like that. They are smart, they are cunning, and they have a reason for almost everything they do.

[tombogan03884]

I still don't trust the man.  This is not reflective of his history.  Is he waiting till after the mid-term elections, is he waiting till his reelection, is he waiting to restaff the Supreme Court, or is he doing it quietly with his minions?

I feel that at some point he will spring it all on us, but for the time being he is trying to lull us to sleep and get our NRA and GOA busy elsewhere.

Actually M58 it's completely in keeping with his history, He's says whatever that particular crowd wants to hear to get votes and then votes "present" so he can pass the buck to some scapegoat .

[PegLeg45]

Of course, when I first read the title of the post, I first though they had named a waterfowl after the anointed one.

Obama Duck: (noun) - A fair-weather fowl that lands in your pool uninvited, drinks all your beer, eats all your food, steals everything he can, and then sh*ts in the pool when you ain't lookin'.

[tombogan03884]

Of course, when I first read the title of the post, I first though they had named a waterfowl after the anointed one.

Obama Duck: (noun) - A fair-weather fowl that lands in your pool uninvited, drinks all your beer, eats all your food, steals everything he can, and then sh*ts in the pool when you ain't lookin'.

 I just thought it was a typo, S and D are side by side on the keyboard.