Thread: OBAMA: Quit buying guns!

Obama: Don't stock up on guns
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December 8, 2008
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter
As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning Americans do not need to rush out and stock up before he is sworn in next month.
"I believe in common-sense gun safety laws, and I believe in the second amendment," Obama said at a news conference. "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear. I said that throughout the campaign. I haven't indicated anything different during the transition. I think people can take me at my word."

But National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said it's not Obama's words — but his legislative track record — that has gun-buyers flocking to the stores.

"Prior to his campaign for president, his record as a state legislator and as a U.S. Senator shows he voted for the most stringent forms of gun control, the most Draconian legislation, gun bans, ammunition bans and even an increase in federal excise taxes up to 500 percent for every gun and firearm sold," Arulanandam said.

Obama answered "yes" in 1996 to a questionnaire from an Illinois group on whether he supported a handgun ban. But he later said a staffer filled out that answer and he did not support a ban.

Nationally, background checks for gun purchases jumped nearly 49 percent during the week Obama was elected, compared with the same time period last year, according to the FBI's National Instant Background Check System.

Anecdotally, gun dealers around the country have reported spikes in sales. The Illinois State Rifle Association Reports gun sales for November were 38 percent higher than last year.

"We don't dispute [the gun sales hike] because the numbers from the federal system certainly confirm that there is increased activity out there. We just think it's a bit stupid," said Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence.

"Anyone who thinks they need to rush out and buy a firearm clearly has not been paying attention to how quickly we make progress on this issue. We don't think these are first-time buyers. We think they are people who already have more than enough guns at their homes to protect themselves and are buying more."

Obama: Don't stock up on guns :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: 44: Barack Obama

Like I said on other froms I don;t trust the bastage and don't have to support him.......AND I WON'T...... Now when he shows me proof he was borned in America I may change my mind But I know for a fact he was not borned in America......

******him!

"I think people can take me at my word." means the same to me as "Trust me". In both cases I don't. If you have to ask for it, you haven't earned it.

Oh and **** OBAMA

I guess that means to keep collecting, since the ****heads won't try to take them.

Originally Posted by lostoutlaw

Like I said on other froms I don;t trust the bastage and don't have to support him.......AND I WON'T...... Now when he shows me proof he was borned in America I may change my mind But I know for a fact he was not borned in America......

Yep, he hasn't proven this, as of yet, because he simply cannot!!

Just how many is too many to defend oneself? We are talking about law-biding citizens (not criminals) having gone through background checks, so Obama, et al need not worry about just how many.

Do I trust him, HELL NO!!