On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Stefano Mori wrote:
So...
this is apparently a quote from Obama. I haven't checked but if you
feel it is wrong then by all means do.
Q: When you were in the state senate, you talked about licensing and
registering gun owners. Would you do that as president?
A: I don't think that we can get that done. But what we can do is to
provide just some common-sense enforcement. The efforts by law
enforcement to obtain the information required to trace back guns
that have been used in crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers. As
president, I intend to make it happen. We essentially have two
realities, when it comes to guns, in this country. You've got the
tradition of lawful gun ownership. It is very important for many
Americans to be able to hunt, fish, take their kids out, teach them
how to shoot. Then you've got the reality of 34 Chicago public
school students who get shot down on the streets of Chicago. We can
reconcile those two realities by making sure the Second Amendment is
respected and that people are able to lawfully own guns, but that we
also start cracking down on the kinds of abuses of firearms that we
see on the streets.
(emphasis mine)
Obama has stated he thinks gun control is simply a wedge issue and not
really important enough to worry about. Kind of like various religious
issues. His opponents in the election tried to use this against him
to very little success. His personal views seem to be along the
lines of registration, not banning. There are exceptions though
(assault gun ban).
Was there a point behind you referring to this quote? I am not sure
what you are trying to say?
--Larry
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