Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.Let's see...
"Repeal the Tiahrt Amendment" - blatant lie, as law enforcement is already able to access gun trace information. What the Tiahrt Amendment does is restrict non-LEO access.
"Closing the gun show loophole" - ending private transactions, as there is no gun show loophole that's not also the "in your living room" loophole.
"Making guns... childproof" - One can only assume this means through some magic and mystical hopenchangey technology that has yet to be invented. Of course, I suppose it could mean providing funding for programs like Eddie Eagle to educate children about gun safety. And monkeys could actually gain flight out of my posterior...
"Making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent" - I'm certain they're going to provide all kinds of empirical data about how crime rates plummeted from 1994 to 2004 and then skyrocketed from 2005 to present, right? I mean, we've had plenty of time to gather data, and we should be able to show a clear correlation between "that shoulder thing that goes up" and increased crime in the wake of the AWB expiration.
I'm sorry. I can't be optimistic with patent lies, ignorant drivel, and pathetic attempts to "do it again, only harder". The next four years do not bode well for the Second Amendment community, IMHO, and we will need to forever be on our guard. Keep bringing new folks to the range; keep the pressure on your local and state congresscritters; join as many pro-freedom groups as you can; and be prepared for the worst.
(And in related news, Tam posts her reaction to this same posting. As one might expect, she's got the snarkier take on it...)
That is all.
2 comments:
Jay,
The quote you pulled is nothing new . . . it is a direct copy/paste from change.gov/agenda - one of His campaign sites.
Oh, I know. But now it's part of the official whitehouse.gov website.
Notice they didn't even change the wording - "Obama and Biden would..."
That's straight from the campaign page, they didn't even bother to re-word.
In addition to being evil, they're lazy...
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