I may disagree with Barack Obama's position on hand guns and whether it's a Second Amendment right, but his new ad and the NRA's smear ads present an interesting point counter point. I've put the ads together in a way that allows Obama's supports of gun rights counter the ridiculous NRA caricatures.
I 'm tending to agree with the Freedom States Alliance position on gun rights:
Sen. Barack Obama panders hard to the NRA in a new ad running in Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina
Obama has, unfortunately, taken the gun lobby's bait and framed his position on guns in terms of "rights" and "self-protection" versus fighting the lobbyists and special interests who control the agenda in Washington. Hmm, is that really "change we can believe in" Sen. Obama?
What does "supporting gun rights" mean anyway? Does it mean our country shouldn't mandate background checks on all gun purchases to keep deadly weapons out of the hands of terrorists, gang members, drug dealers, domestic abusers, gun traffickers and mentally unstable people?
As President, your solemn oath and duty is to protect the American people. Does protecting the American people from gun violence not factor into that equation?
It would be nice if Sen. Obama clarified and explained his position on gun violence prevention, as opposed to repeating the catch phrases that gun owners and the NRA want to hear.
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