Obama's thoughts on "assault weapons", (from Field and Stream interview)

[Guest SUNTZU]

Once again, Obama is LYING. He's telling you what you want to hear so that he can get elected.

[Guest 270win]

Obama was blowing a lot of smoke as usual in Field and Stream. Obama will make you wish you had Slick Clinton as president for a third round, and that is pretty bad if you like guns. You can bet he'd try to stop the manufacture of a lot of different types of guns, maybe even trying to round up NFA firearms. NFA firearms are sadly registered and are made easy to find. Private sales would probably go away...he wants the California system of running every gun sale, whether private or from a dealer, through a dealer. If he could, he'd probably get rid of people's legal ability to carry firearms in public, whether open carry in Arizona (no permit required) or concealed/open in TN with a permit.

[catsbackr]

Just because it killed an armadillo doesn't mean it will pass through armor. It depends on the load and bullet.

Uhh, he might have been kidding. I don't know, but, maybe...

[ioerror001]

Weird he says that, I can almost go along and say good answer, if I hadn't read some of his other statements saying the weapons should be outlawed completely and he will do whatever it takes to make sure they are. Big difference between those 2. However maybe he realizes with all the other crap going on in the world, maybe he will be too busy to try and worry about gun owners.

[PackinMama]

Speaking of armor I killed an armadillo (aka turbo oppossum) with a 223 so yeah it will pierce armor.

Just because it killed an armadillo doesn't mean it will pass through armor. It depends on the load and bullet.

Uhh, he might have been kidding. I don't know, but, maybe...

Look at his avatar....I'd say he was kidding

[Guest unreconstructed1]

However maybe he realizes with all the other crap going on in the world, maybe he will be too busy to try and worry about gun owners.

actually, I think that he was just practicing the age old political art of flat out flat out lying. the practice started in Rome when Senator lyinus hisassoffatus ran for Senate. he invented the practice when asked if he was against private ownership of arrows. to this he replied, only assaulteth arrows, which are known to be used by the barbarians against the praetorian guard...

[Guest jam]

Forget the fact that I don't think an assault weapons ban makes sense. How on earth does OBAMA really plan to enforce this? Whether it be a ban a-la Britian style where you have to turn in your riles or just a ban going against importing new rifles how do you actually accomplish anything? Even if you make everyone turn in there riffles, you're never going to get them all back and if it's just a ban against new assult riffles then what about the hundreds of thousands already in the U.S.?

Maybe it's just me but once Pandora's box has been opened all you can do is educate people about guns and get guns into as many upstanding citizen's hands as possible.

Is it just me that thinks like this?

[Guest roamer]

were all doomed!!!!!!!

[Punisher84]

actually, I think that he was just practicing the age old political art of flat out flat out lying. the practice started in Rome when Senator lyinus hisassoffatus ran for Senate. he invented the practice when asked if he was against private ownership of arrows. to this he replied, only assaulteth arrows, which are known to be used by the barbarians against the praetorian guard...

*Bush laugh* HEH HEH HEH!

[Guest justaman30]

This is indicative of all the idiots in Washington that make the laws, they don't know what they are making laws about. They just vote the party line so the rest of the party will vote with them when its time for the next round of congressional pay raises. I would wager that most of them have no idea the capabilities and restrictions of the weapons they say they oppose.

[Mark@Sea]

Found on-line

Fellow Sportsman,

Hello, my name is Rich Pearson and I have been active in the firearm rights movement for over 40 years. For the past 15 years, I have served in the Illinois state capitol as the chief lobbyist for the Illinois State Rifle Association.

I lobbied Barack Obama extensively while he was an Illinois State Senator. As a result of that experience, I know Obama's attitudes toward guns and gun owners better than anyone. The truth be told, in all my years in the Capitol I have never met a legislator who harbors more contempt for the law-abiding firearm owner than does Barack Obama.

Although Obama claims to be an advocate for the 2nd Amendment, his voting record in the Illinois Senate paints a very different picture. While a state senator, Obama voted for a bill that would ban nearly every hunting rifle, shotgun and target rifle owned by Illinois citizens. That same bill would authorize the state police to raid homes of gun owners to forcibly confiscate banned guns. Obama supported a bill that would shut down law-abiding firearm manufacturers including Springfield Armory, Armalite, Rock River Arms and Les Baer. Obama also voted for a bill that would prohibit law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one gun per month.

Without a doubt, Barack Obama has proven himself to be an enemy of the law abiding firearm owner. At the same time, Obama has proven himself to be a friend to the hardened criminal. While a state senator, Obama voted 4 times against legislation that would allow a homeowner to use a firearm in defense of home and family.

[Guest mikedwood]

I read the other day that Pelosi is planning a new 300 billion stimulus plan. She said it wouldn't be ready till next session. I'm gonna guess that will at least entail a large increase in ammunition tax, just kind of slid in there.

She is planning on Obama being president and a super majority. God help us all.

[threeshot]

As Paul Harvey would say, "...and now you know the rest of the story"

http://www.isra.org/

<TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#ffffff cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%">Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson Issues Open Letter to Nation's Sportsmen Regarding Obama's History in the Illinois Senate

</TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%">CHICAGO, Oct 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following is the text of an open letter to the nation's hunters and sportsmen issued today by Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson:

Fellow Sportsman,

Hello, my name is Rich Pearson and I have been active in the firearm rights movement for over 40 years. For the past 15 years, I have served in the Illinois state capitol as the chief lobbyist for the Illinois State Rifle Association.

I lobbied Barack Obama extensively while he was an Illinois State Senator. As a result of that experience, I know Obama's attitudes toward guns and gun owners better than anyone. The truth be told, in all my years in the Capitol I have never met a legislator who harbors more contempt for the law-abiding firearm owner than does Barack Obama.

Although Obama claims to be an advocate for the 2nd Amendment, his voting record in the Illinois Senate paints a very different picture. While a state senator, Obama voted for a bill that would ban nearly every hunting rifle, shotgun and target rifle owned by Illinois citizens. That same bill would authorize the state police to raid homes of gun owners to forcibly confiscate banned guns. Obama supported a bill that would shut down law-abiding firearm manufacturers including Springfield Armory, Armalite, Rock River Arms and Les Baer. Obama also voted for a bill that would prohibit law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one gun per month.

Without a doubt, Barack Obama has proven himself to be an enemy of the law abiding firearm owner. At the same time, Obama has proven himself to be a friend to the hardened criminal. While a state senator, Obama voted 4 times against legislation that would allow a homeowner to use a firearm in defense of home and family.

Does Barack Obama still sound to you like a "friend" of the law-abiding gun owner?

And speaking of friends, you can always tell a person by the company they keep. Obama counts among his friends the Rev. Michael Pfleger - a renegade Chicago priest who has openly called for the murder of gun shop owners and pro-gun legislators. Then there is his buddy Richard Daley, the mayor of Chicago who has declared that if it were up to him, nobody would be allowed to own a gun. And let's not forget Obama's pal George Soros - the guy who has pumped millions of dollars into the UN's international effort to disarm law-abiding citizens.

Obama has shown that he is more than willing to use other people's money to fund his campaign to take your guns away from you. While a board member of the leftist Joyce Foundation, Barack Obama wrote checks for tens of millions of dollars to extremist gun control organizations such as the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and the Violence Policy Center.

Does Barack Obama still sound to you like a "friend" of the law-abiding gun owner?

By now, I'm sure that many of you have received mailings from an organization called "American Hunters and Shooters Association(AHSA)" talking about what a swell fellow Obama is and how he honors the 2nd Amendment and how you will never have to worry about Obama coming to take your guns. Let me make it perfectly clear - everything the AHSA says about Obama is pure hogwash. The AHSA is headed by a group of left-wing elitists who subscribe to the British view of hunting and shooting. That is, a state of affairs where hunting and shooting are reserved for the wealthy upper-crust who can afford guided hunts on exclusive private reserves. The AHSA is not your friend, never will be.

In closing, I'd like to remind you that I'm a guy who has actually gone nose to nose with Obama on gun rights issues. The Obama I know cannot even begin to identify with this nation's outdoor traditions. The Obama I know sees you, the law abiding gun owner, as nothing but a low-class lummox who is easily swayed by the flash of a smile and a ration of rosy rhetoric. The Obama I know is a stony-faced liar who has honed his skill at getting what he wants - so long as people are willing to give it to him.

That's the Barack Obama I know.

The ISRA is the state's leading advocate of safe, lawful and responsible firearms ownership. Founded in 1903, the ISRA has represented the interests of millions of law-abiding Illinois firearm owners.

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Edited October 19, 2008 by threeshot

[poak]

Surprisingly this is from NBC

WOW.

I love the anchor's response to "I think it's the shoulder thing that goes up":

"Um. No, it's not."

Gotta say I was laughing pretty hard at "Oh, really? Because it's in YOUR legislation".