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Title: Saint Obama on the 2nd amendment
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Published: Mar 25, 2008
Author: BHO
Post Date: 2008-03-25 17:19:57 by Jethro Tull
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Dear Friend, Thank you for contacting me about gun laws and the Second Amendment. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue. Americans broadly agree that guns must be kept from those who may pose a threat, and that the rights of legitimate hunters and sportsmen should be protected. We must work to ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of criminals or the mentally ill through an effective background check system. We also have to strike a reasonable balance between public safety and sportsmen's rights. I will continue to work for effective gun laws, including reinstatement of the assault weapons ban that the last Congress allowed to expire, and effective law enforcement. I will also speak out against the culture of violence that traps so many of our young people. Thank you again for contacting me on this important issue. Sincerely, Barack Obama*
Poster Comment: Did you know that it was written for *"..sportsman's rights.."*? Saint Barack: the final nail in the coffin of America.
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#29. To: christine (#25)
The state fish and game departments are in real trouble now because of two things. Unseasonably warm winters have greatly reduced the revenues from the sale of Gore Tex and other outdoor goods that are subject to the Pittman Robertson excise tax, so the states are already receiving a reduced share of federal matching funds from this earmarked tax. And, the economy is so bad that many folks are hunting less or not at all and the sale of licenses is falling off. The states operate many projects over several budget cycles, including research and maintaining and acquiring (through purchase or lease) new hunting areas. The funding crisis will begin to hurt all wildlife as areas are overtaken with woody growth because there's no money for helicopter or radiarc spraying of ROUNDUP to beat back the fast growing nuisance plants. And without subsidies many landowners and farmers may fail to leave "no spray zones" so quail and other ground nesting game can have lots of yummy insects to feed their young. In short, hunting may soon cease altogether, so we'd better not let the bastards link our "rights" to this fickle premise for "legit ownership of firearms."
To hear his supporters tell it this Nimrod knows something about the Constitution. It is not readily apparent, is it?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. And you found that in what psychiatric text book? You (and "most others" here) have been diagnosed and prescribed psychotropic drugs for being anti-govt.? I might be open to considering the first half of that query, but not the anti-govt. part. ;-)
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
Got spoof? -)
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
Not even a nice try, Jethro. Has nothing to do with your spoof link.
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
The spoof link has nothing to do with his restricting guns to sportsmen. And yes, our government causes me anxiety which is a phobia which would qualify me for gun removal. Now please.......go peddle this douche on DU, ok?
Dear BO - F**k you, a 'Sportsman.'
People like icon that are enabling Obama. They suffer from leftwingitis or white guilt or both.
In spades :)
Oh, and thanks for the GWB link.
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
Go peddle your dis-information on FR.
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
I'm tired, I'm old, and I'm pissed enough about all the assaults on our Second Amendment. It is what it is, and it means what it says - in plain English. Really, there are no court cases needed on this one. imo
Barack Obama: the cost of the American Constitution was blood of free RIFLEMEN: "If the Union was formed by the accession of States, then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States." ---Daniel Webster, US Senate, Feb. 15, 1833
Icon, you typify the Obamaphile that dwells here. You're so eager to see this crud elected, you gladly overlook his flaws, which are legion, not to mention un-American. I have no idea what drives you folks, but it isn't any degree of political acumen. I'm glad I stand alone from groups and most people. With each passing day this nation spins deeper into the crapper because walking, talking morons think the electoral process is on the level. I'm convinced there is no information Obamaphiles could be shown that would sway them off course. You're all nothing more than FReepers twice removed.
Jim, I'm neither a sportsman or a hunter and if some creep decides only sportsmen should have guns in America, I will shoot anyone he sends who tries to disarm me. I hope others feel the same and aren't afraid to say so. That's a real revolution and not some vaporized tally in a voting booth.
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
This Chinese punk is a tribute to liberalism, specifically their love affair with "gun-free zones." Obama is a huge supporter of these free fire zones, right?
He's a tribute to your brand of narrow-minded non-thinking and contemporary America's incompetence .... the shooter's mental records were kept secret and his bizarre behavior was ignored.
The road to perdition .... Bush/Clinton/Bush/McClinton
And how should our government keep said mental records? Please explain the mechanics in some detail, or at least to the best of your ability.
I have to admit that I took a certain delight in aggravating those old socialists who believe themselves to be patriots.
I've just declared shooting politicians a sport.
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." - Jack Kerouac
FOR THE RECORD: IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO THREATEN TO OVERTHROW THE GOVT BY FORCE. This is a discussion board not a mosh pit for violent psychos, and it's not your place to cast 4um into disrepute with such declarations. Do you even reside in the US? If not then, please stop trying to initiate violence during which you will have nothing to lose or in which you'll have nothing to contribute.
Paranoid much? It was a fucking joke, take your medicine.
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." - Jack Kerouac
If that's your idea of humor then you're a fucking idiot. Knock it off or get used to me getting in your ass every time.
Fine, are you going to get on the case of everyone who has ever posted "Is it time yet, Claire?" also?
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." - Jack Kerouac
If you think advocating the murder of Americans is humorous, then I ask you again, DO YOU EVEN LIVE IN AMERICA? Americans can take this country back without firing a shot, and we don't need selfish, maladjusted, arrested development outpatients advocating the last resort before we even start to act through peaceful means. If you want to invite govt surveillance then start your own website; "WE BE THE PSYCHOS! NOW OPEN FOR BIZNESS! Do you have a gripe with elected officials? Then why not just kill them?"_by DAKMAR the anonymous chickenshit coward-instigator-agent provocateur
I get the sportsman connection, Dak. And anyone who knows your sense of humor gets it. BTW, wasn't it Pat Robertson who called for the assassination of Chavez for political sport? On his Christian Broadcasting Network no less? Or perhaps you were alluding to our esteemed VP who shot his best friend and confidant while sporting? My statement stands and I don't give a rats ass who likes it or not; the day this government attempts to disarm me is the day I say no. If anyone here thinks the 2nd is about anything less then to fight back against a tyrannical govt. then Obama and his ilk have completed their mission.
Judging by the thread, I'd say they've already won. Years of conditioning have finally convinced most people to work within the very system that is their enemy and that any "hotheads" should be turned into the local DHS office. When the end comes in this nation I see the farcical view of people being crushed under the tank treads while pleading with their last breath that things can still be resolved via political process. At the same time they'll hurl insults and scorn at the few people who are brave and prudent enough to try prying open the commander's hatch to heave a molotov inside. The thugs in DC can call for the destruction of nations simply because we have spare bombs sitting around, sing "bomb bomb Iran", entertain the idea of "limited" nuclear strikes, and look the American people in the eye and say "your opinion means nothing"; That's okay. ...but make a joke about hunting your congressman for sport and you're the nut that needs to be locked up. I can't decide if Americans are the biggest cowards God ever made or has the majority of the population truly gone insane.
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death." - Me. "If violence solved nothing, then weapons technology would have never advanced past crude clubs and rocks." - Me.
you are so dead on in your comments. the irony of this is that some of us have allowed the real meaning of the 2nd--which is to protect we the people from a tyrannical government/politicians--to believing that it merely protects hunters...and in so doing, some of us have allowed them to abandon the all important 1stA. pathetic.
Pathetic indeed. The sole reason I shall never, while I'm alive, relinquish my arms is so that I have options against an illegal and evil shadow government which cares not a whit for me, mine or my nation.
Our last hope for peace As though without him we'd be sitting pretty? Between the 3, we're simply choosing the last rites we prefer at the nation's funeral, and to his credit, Obama is a good speaker and could do a good job there.
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Well, Americans need their heads examined so that ain't a bad idea.
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Actually, that is Dubya who has enforced mandatory psychological "help" for children. ACTION ALERT - Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Children The American tradition of parents deciding what is best for their children is, yet again, under attack. The pharmaceutical industry has convinced President Bush to support mandatory mental-health screening for every child in America, including preschool children, and the industry is now working to convince Congress as well. But mandatory screening alone is not what the pharmaceutical industry wants. The real payoff for the drug companies is the forced drugging of children that will result -- as we learned tragically with Ritalin -- even when parents refuse. It's an old Bolshevik trick. After all, the NeoCons are the idealogical children of Trotsky.
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
obama offers nothing. in fact, the worst with his 2A stance.
Obama offers Clinton a lock on 99 per cent of the black vote.
1Associated Press, "Research finds Cheney, Obama distant cousins," October 17, 2007.
#30. To: christine (#1)
you have to be kidding me...what was that about the constitution?
Lord Acton
#31. To: Jethro Tull (#18)
To be anti-govt. is to be mentally ill, ergo, I'd have no guns along with most others on this forum.
#32. To: Jethro Tull (#10)
Your link
#33. To: iconoclast (#31)
#34. To: Jethro Tull (#33)
#35. To: iconoclast (#34)
#36. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#37. To: lodwick (#36)
#38. To: lodwick (#36)
#39. To: Jethro Tull (#33)
Got Obama, Sportsman?
#40. To: Jethro Tull (#35)
Now please.......go peddle this douche on DU, ok?
#41. To: Cynicom, JT, 'Sportsmen and wimmen.' (#37)
#42. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#43. To: iconoclast (#39)
#44. To: lodwick (#41)
#45. To: X-15 (#42)
the cost of
the American Constitution was blood of free RIFLEMEN the life of a VA Tech professor and son of an old congregant friend of mine was the work of this dude. 
#46. To: iconoclast (#45)
#47. To: Jethro Tull (#46)
(Edited)
This Chinese punk is a tribute to liberalism
#48. To: iconoclast (#47)
#49. To: Hayek Fan (#28)
LOL! Gee...I can't imagine why they'd get pissed!! LOL! How true it is though.
#50. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#51. To: Dakmar, Jethro Tull, christine, rowdee, robin, Diana, ghostdogtxn, aristeides (#50)
I've just declared shooting politicians a sport.
#52. To: HOUNDDAWG (#51)
#53. To: Dakmar (#52)
#54. To: HOUNDDAWG (#53)
#55. To: Dakmar (#54)
#56. To: Dakmar (#50)
I've just declared shooting politicians a sport.
#57. To: Jethro Tull (#56)
If anyone here thinks the 2nd is about anything less then to fight back against a tyrannical govt. then Obama and his ilk have completed their mission.
#58. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#57)
#59. To: christine (#58)
What North American Union? ~~~~~ Have you seen THIS yet? Pass it around...
#60. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Saint Barack: the final nail in the coffin of America.
#61. To: buckeye (#3)
Obama would want us to get our heads examined.
#62. To: buckeye (#3)
Obama would want us to get our heads examined.
September 7, 2004
#63. To: Pinguinite (#60)
#64. To: christine (#63)
#65. To: Pinguinite, All (#60)
Rather than fall under the trance of his oratory skills, please look at his deeds and then tell me what a swell guy he is.
The U.S. Senate Debated:
Voted: Supporting concealed carry for citizens10 Banning many common semi-automatic firearms11 Disallowing self-defense in towns where guns are banned12 Imposing one handgun a month restrictions13 Requiring lock up your safety trigger locks14 Protecting gun dealers from frivolous lawsuits15 Outlawing gun confiscations during a national emergency16 Squelching the free speech rights of gun owners17 Restricting the interstate sales of firearms18 Repealing the gun ban in Washington, DC19
2Ibid.
3O.Kay Henderson, "Three leading Democrats talk about gun control," Radio Iowa News, April 22, 2007.
4James Oliphant and Michael J. Higgins, "Court to hear gun case," Chicago Tribune, November 20, 2007.
5Illinois State Senate, vote on SB 2165 (41-16), May 25, 2004.
6Obama says, "National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents." David Mendell, "Democratic hopefuls vary a bit on death penalty," Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2004.
7See the Gun Owners of America fact sheet at http://www.gunowners.org/fs0404.htm.
8John Chase, "Keyes, Obama are far apart on guns; Views on assault weapons at odds," Chicago Tribune, September 15, 2004.
9Senators Chuck Schumer and John Kerry had both cosponsored S. 1431 in 2003, a bill that would have banned any semi-auto shotgun that also contained a pistol grip, which the bill defined as "a grip, a thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip." According to that definition, just about any semi-automatic shotgun would be banned.
10See supra note 6.
11About the so-called "assault weapons" ban, Obama says, "I believe we need to renew -- not roll back -- this common sense gun law." See supra note 8.
12See supra note 5.
13As a state senator, "Obama regularly supported gun-control measures, including a ban on semiautomatic 'assault weapons' and a limit on handgun purchases to one a month." "Obama Record May be Gold Mine for Critics," Associated Press, January 17, 2007.
14On July 28, 2005, Senator Obama voted for a provision requiring gun dealers to include the sale of a lock-up-your-safety device with every handgun sold. The amendment, offered by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), passed by a vote of 70-30. The provision amended the gun makers' protection act (S. 397).
15On July 29, 2005, Senator Obama voted against S. 397, a bill that was designed to put an end to the frivolous lawsuits that were threatening to put many gun dealers out of business. While an argument could be made that a pro-gun Senator might vote against this bill because it contained a lock-up- your-safety provision (see supra note 14), the fact that Obama voted in favor of that trigger lock amendment (but against the overall bill) indicates his real animus against helping gun dealers protect themselves from the anti- gun lawsuits that were aimed at driving them into bankruptcy.
16On July 13, 2006, Sen. Obama voted for Emergency Powers language that saw only 16 of the most ardent anti-gun senators vote against it. The amendment provides that no money can be used by federal agents to confiscate firearms during a declared state of emergency. The amendment was added to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill (HR 5441).
17On January 18, 2007, Senator Obama voted against a pro-gun amendment to strike language in S. 1 that would infringe upon the free speech rights of groups like Gun Owners of America. The amendment, which passed, struck requirements that would have required GOA to monitor and report on its communications with its members, and could easily have led to government demands for GOA's membership list (a.k.a. registration).
18Obama has frequently made statements which indicate that he would restrict the interstate sale of firearms. For example, he told the NAACP that, "We've got to make sure that unscrupulous gun dealers aren't loading up vans and dumping guns in our communities, because we know they're not made in our communities. There aren't any gun manufacturers here, right here in the middle of Detroit." Senator Barack Obama, at the NAACP Presidential Primary Forum, July 12, 2007.
19See supra note 4.
#66. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#57)
Great post, POJ. There's hope with folks like you around. If the day comes that we can't state the obvious (about the 2nd Amendment) then that's the day we put self limits on our 1st.
#67. To: Jethro Tull (#2) (Edited)
No mystery. It all revolves around one single, but very important issue not addressed on this thread: the WAR. Those that recognize that "War is the health of the state" believe that once interventionism is halted, winning against the state and restoring the Bill of Rights including the Second Amendment will be somewhat easier. Those that support Obama winning are at least hoping he will be the least interventionist of the three front runners. Whether their hope is misplaced or not is besides the point. It is the war, and nothing else, that is the prime mover here. From Ron Paul to the above is the political leap I can't get my head around.
From Two Party System... ...to Two Family System.
#68. To: iconoclast (#45)
And what say you about the cost of life here? Or here? the cost of the life of a VA Tech professor and son of an old congregant friend of mine was the work of this dude.
You appear to be a major trouble maker...and I'm getting really pissed. - GoldiLox, 7/27/2006
#69. To: christine (#63)
Obama has energized the Democratic base. I agree with you about his 2A stance. And as a pro-lifer I hate his abortion stance. But McCain thinks bombing babies, children and pregnant women is just fine. I keep comparing him to Hillary and McCain. Of course, he will never be a Ron Paul. But I do not believe he has the lobbyists that the other two have. Also, he has a date to get out of Iraq and has promised to restore habeas corpus. The other two have not. Obama was against the Iraq war before it started, he attacked Perle, Wolfowitz and Rove by name in that 2002 speech. He is far, far from perfect, but stands out against Hillary and McCain (especially McCain).
obama offers nothing. in fact, the worst with his 2A stance.
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
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