A 'Nuanced' Stance on Guns

When Barack Obama was dinged not only by John McCain but by his Democratic primary opponents over his desire to meet with rogue leaders and terrorists 'with no preconditions,' he claimed the entire matter was a misunderstanding of his 'nuanced' stance on foreign policy issues.

We can 'take him at his word,' after all. Such things are 'no big deal' because he told us so. We can 'trust him.'

Would this be like John McCain could trust Obama when he told McCain in private, and in public at a news conference, that he would accept public funding for his campaign if McCain would, only to 'change his mind' once it was clear his campaign contributions would fall far outside the limits imposed on campaigns once they accept public funds?

The only problem was that McCain had gone ahead and accepted the limitations of public funding, believing in good faith that Obama would 'keep his word.'

I knew that the 'bait and switch' tactic was as old as the hills, but I never remember thinking of it as 'nuanced.'

And then there is the time that Obama stated before a Jewish audience that he believes there should be 'a united Jerusalem under Israeli control.'

In less that a week he was telling a different audience that he supported the goals of a Palestinian state, which of course, includes that little issue of dividing Jerusalem.

It is no small matter that since the campaign ended Obama has sharpened his rhetoric to indicate he would support rolling back Israel's borders to the pre-1968 lines.

More 'nuance,' of course.

Is it any wonder, then, that the nation's gunowners, which are estimated to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 million citizens, are not comforted by Obama's words on gun rights when he says, 'I think that people can take me at my word'?

So what, then, did he say about guns? He said that he supports an individual right to own guns but that states and local entities can place restrictions on those rights.

This nuance business is starting to give me a headache.

So, let's break it down. Obama's actions, not his words, are to be trusted. That is, we can trust him to be rather consistent with his past behavior as a Senator and as an Illinois legislator.

And his record on gun rights is dismal. We all know the gist of it by now: his opposition to allow homeowners to use non-registered firearms to defend their lives and property in a home invasion, his push for gun bans as a legislator and as a Senator, his long-held belief that all handguns should be banned, etc., etc.

Thus, Obama at some nebulous, undefinable level in his own mind may actually support gun rights, but in practice he has consistently come down on the side of restriction, control, limits to access, and confiscation.

And there is absolutely no 'nuance' about that.

Read more on this subject at The American Thinker.

Barack 'The Trainwreck Waiting to Happen' Obama

Let's cut to the chase and get right down to the facts, shall we? Obama is a trainwreck waiting to happen, and here are the reasons:

• On energy policy and the amount you spend on gasoline, Obama would raise the gasoline tax, create a windfall profits tax on oil companies, which they would pass along to you, and mandate the type autos you drive and what you set your thermostat on inside your home.
• He is against offshore oil drilling to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, against expanded refinery capacity, and against building new refineries.
• He is against nuclear power, coal, expanding the building of windmills, and halting the rush toward ethanol which has created a world-wide food crisis and astronomical grocery prices.

When it comes to Americans' right to self-defense,

• Obama voted at least 4 times to criminalize homeowners who used guns to defend their lives and the lives of their families against intruders.
• He repeatedly stated he was all for the D.C. handgun ban, but when the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down, he said he was 'against it all along.'

When it comes to abortion and infanticide,

• Obama voted in Illinois to deny medical care to infants that had survived botched abortion attempts.

On the Iraq War,

• Obama claimed the troop surge was wrong-headed and that we needed to withdraw immediately in 2005, but took down this information from his websites when it became clear the surge is working.
• He wants to withdraw troops from Iraq but send them to Afghanistan. If the 'war is wrong' in Iraq, then why is it not also 'wrong in Afghanistan?'

On the attack on 9/11 and meeting with terrorist leaders in the Middle East, including Hamas and Hizbollah,

• Obama claims terrorist groups have a good point to make about why they consider attacking the U.S. is a good idea.

On dividing Jerusalem between Jews and Palestinians,

• Obama lied to a major Jewish group, stating he was for an undivided Jerusalem under Israeli control,
• But this week stated that he 'misspoke' and that he continues to support a divided Jerusalem with Jews and Palestinians sharing control of the ancient Jewish city.

On taxes,

• Obama would need to raise taxes by 300 million dollars to pay for all of his proposals, not counting his desire to raise gasoline taxes and to start a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
• He has already committed himself to the largest tax increase in U.S. history by opposing the extension of the Bush tax cuts which are set to expire in 2010.

On corruption, scandal, and shady financial dealings,

• Obama's closest associates all seem to be fringe-element frauds, kooks, and criminals, such as Tony Rezko, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, politicians from the oldest and most corrupt political machine in America (Chicago), Father Michael 'Snuffy' Pfleger who said that gun store owners should be 'snuffed out,' George Soros who has bankrolled his campaign by the millions, and many others.

On Border Security,

• Obama told La Raza yesterday that our Border Patrol agents are like terrorists.
• Obama has long supported open borders with complete amnesty for illegal aliens.
• Obama wants illegal aliens to obtain valid U.S. drivers' licenses.
• Obama wants to grant special tuition credits for illegal aliens to attend college in the U.S.

Barack Obama is one of the most dangerous politicians ever to rise to prominence in the history of the United States of America. Who in their right mind would trust this man with the Oval Office?

Second Amendment News Roundup for 2/27/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Traction Control offers some good words about the profit motive, and how the world is a much better place because people are motivated to make money:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=985

David Codrea presents this riveting piece on Barack Obama, which I will designate as the MUST-read of the day:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/02/guest-editorial-assassination.html

And then Nicki has the second MUST-read of the day as she shows us that the U.S. has finally succeeded in raising an entire generation with the IQs of idiots:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/02/nation-of-idiots.html

John Lott reports that one of the most respected political tracking organizations in the world is now daily tracking the U.S. Presidential race in terms of popular vote and electoral vote (should the election be held today):
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/02/rasmussenreportscom-starts-daily.html

Gun Law News has provided a comprehensive look at the Obama record from his time in the Illinois legislature, and gun owners have plenty about which to be worried:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Federal-Politics/ob022608-2.html

Squeaky says that the state of Montana is threatening to secede from the Union if the Supreme Court upholds the D.C. gun ban:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/02/26/let-the-free-state-project-have-new-hampshire/

Sebastian has the quote of the day via Say Uncle via DirtCrashr:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/02/26/quote-of-the-day-31/

Mike McCarville reports on poll that shows Clinton and Obama in a dead-heat in Texas, just 7 days prior to the big March 4 primary:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/02/poll-obama-clinton-neck-and-neck-in.html

Armed and Safe has a great read entitled, 'Are Hawaii Police Officers Terrorists?':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/02/are-hawaii-police-officers-terrorists.html

Blogstitution has some very appropriate commentary, and some scientific facts from this very year, concerning 'global cooling deniers' (the past year has seen the largest snow cover on earth since the year 1966):
http://www.blogstitution.com/2008/02/25/im-sick-and-tired-of-this/

Born Again Redneck says that Alaska's conservative Republican Governor Sarah Palin would be an excellent choice as McCain's running mate:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/02/sarah-palin-for-vp.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel blog on the Pelican Carrying Case, Model 1450--a carrying case for multiple small firearms:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/02/24/off-to-the-range-in-the-new-pelican-case/

Michelle Malkin has the blow-by-blow from the Democratic Debate tonight between Osama-'Bama and the Hildabeast:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/26/yep-another-democrat-debate/