Will Obama take all our guns away?

[Shpuker]

Originally Posted by HotZ28

FYI, this thread (OP) was started by Speculant, not Shpuker.

I was waiting for him to notice that lol

Originally Posted by ericn1300

Your original post asked "Will Obama take all our guns away?" and that story you linked to above doesn't even mention Obama. As for all the other links, you still haven't shown me a legitimate one that says that Obama has any interest in taking your guns away.

My post said nothing specifically about Obama, I'm going more so far sided Liberals in general are anti-gun rights. Which for the most part they are. The Chicago ban being one example, the D.C. one another.

[Gohan Ryu]

Originally Posted by CamaroBeau

Do you think Obama is reading this thread? Cheers!!!!

Obama was banned from this website because he kept calling everyone in the Street Racing forum a ricer.

He may not have taken away our guns but for some damn reason ammo is impossible to find and twice as expensive.

[Shpuker]

I find it funny that an ad for the "National Association For Gun Rights" popped up on my screen while pulling this thread up.

[03cavPA]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

He may not have taken away our guns but for some damn reason ammo is impossible to find and twice as expensive.

Actually, IIRC, that has been raised by conspiracists as one of the ways in which the gov't would render gun ownership ineffective.

I think it's a combination of things, mostly due to supply and demand. I watched a lot of ammo become scarcer in January just before his inauguration. Perhaps not because of anything the gov't had done overtly, but mainly because people began buying ammo by the case, and some instances, by the pallet.

I friend of mine worked for Gander Mtn at the time, and he said it was amazing how much ammo they sold in the weeks after the election in 08. Hey, the economy went south and a perceived gun grabber had just been elected.

Never underestimate the freakout capabilities of the average citizen.

[ericn1300]

Originally Posted by 03cavPA

Never underestimate the freakout capabilities of the average citizen.

I like that, I'll have to add it to my quotes file.

[alfonso2501]

I'm not Dem/Rep/Ind or any political party. It's too much BS for my stomach to take. I am, however pro-gun. My opinion (and we all know what they say about those) is that while Obama does have the propensity to be anti-gun, he's got a lot more to deal with right now then the gun issue. Just look which way the gun rights is going nation wide since he took office. More states are going CC now the in the past. No? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[kris]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

Obama was banned from this website because he kept calling everyone in the Street Racing forum a ricer.

He may not have taken away our guns but for some damn reason ammo is impossible to find and twice as expensive.

You live in LA, blame that issue on Cali not the administration. Ammo is plentiful here in Utah. I just picked up a few cases of 5.56 from a guy who bought a pallet thinking they would go up to over $1 a round. I just bought them for $0.15 a round. He lost, I won.

[03cavPA]

Yeah, those damn guys started buying everything in sight. I hope they lose their ass on it. Friggin' guys piss me off.

Hey, just wait until early 2012. Everybody knows Dec 2012 is TEOTWAWKI.

[big white bufflo]

Obama wont take gun away but he has try getting the ammo company to put seiral numbers on each bullet made but they told im to stuff it its not a dead issue but your right he has other thing to worry about i think if he want to be reelected then he will be quiet about the topic till he gets put back in office then watch out but i do belive he is a lame duck

[Muscletang]

No.

They'll pass something slipped into a bill or something like that, and even then that'll be hard, but you won't see an Assault Weapons Ban or Brady Bill passed. If the past senate and house or representatives didn't pass anything, you won't see it for a while. Why? Because even it's know that if you go after guns, it's political suicide. See the democrates thrown out in '94 after all the above laws were passed.

[ExoticSpotting]

Originally Posted by Speculant

I've noticed that all my Republican friends freak out every time a Democratic president is elected or has a chance of being elected.

Democrats have a pretty rocky history with gun owners.

You also have to consider that for a lot of people the Clinton administration is a recent memory.

Bill Clinton was one of the worst presidents when it came to guns. You have the Assault Weapon Ban, the Brady Bill, and the fact that he indirectly ordered 500,000 vintage WWII rifles melted down, rather tan release them to collectors.

At one point, he went so far as to publicly call for a national firearm registry.

I just think politics are really f**ked up.

No argument there.

[hatethewindstar]

They will just ban lead ...

[kris]

Originally Posted by ExoticSpotting

Democrats have a pretty rocky history with gun owners.

You also have to consider that for a lot of people the Clinton administration is a recent memory.

Bill Clinton was one of the worst presidents when it came to guns. You have the Assault Weapon Ban, the Brady Bill, and the fact that he indirectly ordered 500,000 vintage WWII rifles melted down, rather tan release them to collectors.

At one point, he went so far as to publicly call for a national firearm registry.



No argument there.

I guess you can read into it either way. There are plenty of Republicans who also support strict gun laws, in fact correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't GWB in a position to allow the semi auto gun ban to expire? If you remember correctly he pledged to extend the ban, and did so.

[blazee]

Originally Posted by kris

in fact correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't GWB in a position to allow the semi auto gun ban to expire? If you remember correctly he pledged to extend the ban, and did so.

[kris]

Originally Posted by blazee

George W. Bush on Gun Control:


Ban automatic weapons & high-capacity ammunition clips

* Supports stronger enforcement of existing gun laws, would provide more funding for aggressive gun law enforcement programs such as Project Exile in Richmond, Virginia
* Supports requiring instant background checks at gun shows by allowing gun show promoters to access the instant check system on behalf of vendors
* Supports law-abiding American’s constitutional right to own guns to protect their families and home
* Supports the current ban on automatic weapons
* Supports banning the importation of foreign made, “high-capacity” ammunition clips
* Supports voluntary safety locks
* Opposes government mandated registration of all guns owned by law abiding citizens

Source: GeorgeWBush.com: ‘Issues: Policy Points Overview’ Apr 2, 2000



Not sure why I put and did so, as he never pushed legislation on the matter.