Obama on the Second Amendment

The newest Democratic phenom is the Junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Hussein Obama. And what a phenom he is. Upsetting both the Clinton and Edwards machine in Iowa and nearly upsetting the old Clinton machine in New Hampshire. Casting himself as a catalyst for "change" and peddling "hope," he seems to be taking the Democratic establishment to school. He's suave, good-looking and on fire when he gives a stump speech. He's also very liberal.

To begin with, let's examine how he stands on the Second Amendment. An important part of his stance on the Second Amendment includes banning all semi-automatic weapons. According to the 1998 IL State Legislative National Political Awareness Test, Barack Obama favors the ban or sale of all semi-automatic weapons. That means certain models of guns will be banned simply because they use a different loading mechanism. It shows Obama probably has no personal experience with firearms and has no working knowledge of how or why guns are lethal. He would limit a homeowner's ability to protect himself based on an apparently knee-jerk pander to those who dislike guns.

Obama also favors other restrictions on gun ownership. He showed a position on the VoteMatch quiz indicating that he favored limiting "availability of guns by whatever means are effective." This is a candidate who is clearly against guns and who is no friend to the millions of gun owners across the nation.

He's also who the Republicans are going to have to beat. Here's one piece of ammunition against him. And this pun WAS intended.