Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
yall worry too much, guns arent going to be banned.
No, guns in general won't be banned, but they have been talking for years about putting another ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines for pistols and rifles like the ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004... Ever hear of the Brady campaign? They were a big contributor to barack obama's campaign. Why would they contribute millions of dollars if they weren't expecting something back out of it?

Obama's voting record as it relates to firearms:
  • Signed onto a letter to Senate Appropriations Chair Byrd and Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Chair Mikulski opposing the Tiahrt Amendments and any attempts to attach them to Justice Department Appropriations (April 13, 2007).
  • Supports restricting purchases of weapons and ammunition at gun shows, establishing a national database that would capture and record imprints left by bullets, and making gun locks mandatory (Baltimore Sun, 9/15/2004).
  • As a state Senator, Obama voted to allow concealed weapons to be carried by retired police officers and some military personnel only (Baltimore Sun, 9/15/2004).
  • Obama regularly supported gun-control measures, including a ban on semiautomatic "assault weapons" and a limit on handgun purchases to one a month. (CBS News 1/17/2007).
  • As a state senator, he opposed letting people use a self-defense argument if charged with violating local handgun bans by using weapons in their homes. The bill was a reaction to a Chicago-area man who, after shooting an intruder, was charged with a handgun violation (CBS News 1/17/2007).
now he did say this during his campaign:
From a townhall campaign event in Duryea, PA, September 5, 2008

"I believe in the Second Amendment, and if you are a law-abiding gun owner, you have nothing to fear from an Obama administration."

but then again in Ebony Magazine Dec 31, 2007, he said

"These measures include closing the gun-show loophole and requiring mandatory background checks on purchasers at gun shows .… I also believe that we have to make guns in this country childproof .... I support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent. I believe that these weapons, such as AK-47s, belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets. These are also not weapons that are used by hunters, sportsmen, and sportswomen."


Who the fuck is he to decide what guns a law abiding citizen can and can't own? I hunt with an AR15, and I have hunted (varmints) with an AK47. Many competitive shooters shoot AR15's. Do competitive shooters not count as "sportsmen" and "sportswomen"? 99% of people who own these "assault weapons" are gun collectors like me. They either collect these weapons, or buy them for personal protection.