David Bernstein, February 18, 2008 at 9:48pm
Obama and Gun Control:
His record isn’t likely to win back the rural “pro-gun” voters who’ve fled to the Republicans in recent years, likely costing Gore the election in 2000. From the Chicago Defender, Dec. 13, 1999:
Sweeping federal gun control legislation proposed by Sen. Barack Obama (D-13th) would increase the penalties on gun runners who are flooding Chicago’s streets with illegal weapons.
At an anti-gun rally held at the Park Manor Christian Church, 600 E. 73rd St., headed by the Rev. James Demus, Obama also said he’s backing a resolution being introduced into the City Council by Alds. Toni Preckwinkle (4th), Ted Thomas (15th), Leslie Hairston (5th) to call for a “shot-free” millennium celebration.
Obama outlined his anti-gun plan that includes increased penalties for the interstate transportation of firearms. The maximum penalty now for bringing a gun across the border is 10 years in prison. Obama is proposing to make it a felony for
a gun owner whose firearm was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if that weapon was not securely stored in that home. [!!!]
He’s proposing restricting gun purchases to one weapon a month and banning the sale of firearms at gun shows except for “antique” weapons. Obama is also proposing increasing the licensing fee to obtain a federal firearms license.
He’s also seeking a ban on police agencies from reselling their used weapons even if those funds are used to buy more state-of-the-art weapons for their agencies. Obama wants only those over 21 who’ve passed a basic course to be able to buy or own a firearm.
He’s proposing that all federally licensed gun dealers sell firearms in a storefront and not from their homes while banning their business from being within five miles of a school or a park. He’s also banning the sale of ‘junk” handguns like the popular Saturday Night Specials.
Obama is requiring that all people working at a gun dealer undergo a criminal background check. He’s also asking that gun manufacturers be required to develop safety measures that permit only the original owner of the firearm to operate the weapon purchased.
Additionally, he wants an increase of the funds for schools to teach anger management skills for youth between the ages of 5-13.
Obama is also seeking to increase the federal taxes by 500 percent on the sale of firearm, ammunition [sic] — weapons he says are most commonly used in firearm deaths.
http://volokh.com/posts/1203389334.shtml
He’s also banning the sale of ‘junk” handguns like the popular Saturday Night Specials.Seems like Obama found a missing word in the Second Amendment: “the right of the _rich_ people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” But poor people who live in crime-ridden neighborhoods, and thus who would seem to have great need to defend themselves against crime, are effectively prohibited from buying a handgun that they can afford.
Interestingly, none of this info is available on Obama’s campaign web site. Even more interestingly, some of these policy ideas were on his web site a few months back…. Be assured my friends, one can go to certain areas an any large city, any hour, day or night 24-7 and within a very short time have nearly any weapon desired and ammo to go with it for a price. Anyone who has been around the block knows this! Gun control is just another strike against our constitutional rights and and a means to eliminate any resistance to a fascist government!
Doctors kill more people per year than do people with guns! That’s a fact, google it! So ban Doctors!
Guns are like abortions; if you don’t like them, don’t get one.