NRA Targets Obama, Biden In Ads
The political arm of the National Rifle Association is going on the offensive against the Democratic presidential ticket today, CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder reports.
Below you'll find a spot airing in Pennsylvania; the NRA also plans to run ads in Colorado, New Mexico and other states.
"I gotta tell you, with the high cost of gas and just about everything else, we're all feeling pinched," a Virginia hunter named Karl Rusch says as the spot opens. "And now I learn that Barack Obama supports a huge new tax on my guns and ammo. And he voted to ban virtually all deer hunting ammunition. Where is this guy from? He's probably never been hunting a day in his life."
"But it's not just new taxes that Barack Obama wants," continues Rusch. "If you can believe it, he also supports a ban on the shotguns and rifles that most of us use for hunting. No politician is going to take away my guns and ammo."
He concludes: "You don't have to be bitter to know that Barack Obama isn't the kind of change we need." An announcer then says, "On November 4th, defend freedom, defeat Obama."
The Obama campaign has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Below you'll find a spot airing in Pennsylvania; the NRA also plans to run ads in Colorado, New Mexico and other states.
"I gotta tell you, with the high cost of gas and just about everything else, we're all feeling pinched," a Virginia hunter named Karl Rusch says as the spot opens. "And now I learn that Barack Obama supports a huge new tax on my guns and ammo. And he voted to ban virtually all deer hunting ammunition. Where is this guy from? He's probably never been hunting a day in his life."
"But it's not just new taxes that Barack Obama wants," continues Rusch. "If you can believe it, he also supports a ban on the shotguns and rifles that most of us use for hunting. No politician is going to take away my guns and ammo."
He concludes: "You don't have to be bitter to know that Barack Obama isn't the kind of change we need." An announcer then says, "On November 4th, defend freedom, defeat Obama."
The Obama campaign has not yet responded to a request for comment.
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Obama also said that he felt the DC gun ban "was constitutional", at least until the supreme court knocked it down. This was a law that banned the sale of handguns to ALL people, including law-abiding citizens. So either the supreme court or Obama was wrong.
Those are hard facts "not *** propaganda" that Obama (and his camp) are now trying avoid.
Obama proposed a law to close all gun stores within a 5 mile radius of any school or park. I guess the kiddies stop by the local store and pickup their hunting rifles on the way home.
If you dont think that is a "backdoor" way to restrict gun ownership, I dont know what it is.
Should you live near one of those shops and would like to purchased a hunting rifle...where would you go?
No, I can''t believe it...the NRA is using thinly veiled lies here. They NRA has no honor - same as John McCain.
Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, "No, my writing wasn''t on that particular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns."
Actually, Obama''s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:
35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.
Obama''s campaign said, "Sen. Obama didn''t fill out these state Senate questionnaires--a staffer did--and there are several answers that didn''t reflect his views then or now. He may have jotted some notes on the front page of the questionnaire, but some answers didn''t reflect his views."
Posted by lilvinnyb
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How about Walmart?
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Since you are going to get into the name calling - how about somewhere MORE THAN 5 FRICKING MILES from a school or park? IDIOT.
Fact is, anyone with half a brain knows that neither a democrat or republican in the white house could or would ban guns. It''s just another example of the right-wing fear and smear.
That is what Obama is trying to stop, not your stupid hunting rights.
WHY FUDGE FACTS?
ASSAULT WEAPONS are not all guns.
There is a difference ya know.
b. ban ASSAULT weapons? Yes.
Obama/Biden do not have any plans to do ANY of the things that the NRA claims. Completely ridiculous and even if they did want to try any of the things the NRA claims, they could not pull it off.
Straight from the Obama website:
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/ad
ditional/Obama_FactSheet_Western_Sportsm
en.pdf
And an excerpt pasted from this factsheet:
"PROTECTING GUN RIGHTS
Respect the Second Amendment: Millions of hunters and shooters own and use guns each year. Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase,own, transport, and use guns."
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Posted by azure11 at 04:19 PM : Sep 22, 2008
This whole campaign the reubs have done nothing but lie. Why should this be any different. 90% of what they say is a blantant lie and is usually disproven within hours of them saying it...
Lies and more lies will destroy America.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008 - 2016
The right to bear arms is significant only in the context of preserving our freedom. The Republicans want to take all our other freedoms away then pretend that gun ownership is significant.
If you have no freedom of speech or right to privacy, all the guns in the world are nothing.
cupper24
Do your homework, folks, and check the facts (at the bottom of the page is a bibliography). I even encourage you to call the Illinois Capitol to verify his voting record. Biden was quoted saying that he "practically wrote the Clinton Gun Ban". Again, I encourage you to check the facts. NRA is, and I think it should be noted, is a single-issue organization and endorses candidates from every party. If Obama was truly pro-gun, NRA would endorse him no matter what other policies he endorses.
Obama (June 26): I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms, but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common-sense, effective safety measures. The Supreme Court has now endorsed that view, and while it ruled that the D.C. gun ban went too far, Justice Scalia himself acknowledged that this right is not absolute and subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe. Today%u2019s ruling, the first clear statement on this issue in 127 years, will provide much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions across the country.
Watching a religious or clerical leader erect a fortress or compound and stock it with weapons and ammunition, clearly doesn''t look like their purpose is to advance the enrichment of humanity.
Obama has made it clear that the nation has bigger fish to fry.
If gun owners can''t express their peaceful intentions, then they are going to have problem enjoying the benefits of the 2nd amendment.
How many times will a gun owner witness something crazy being done with weapons, that doesn''t fit the profile of peaceful gun ownership and say nothing about it to anyone?
Gun owners do advocate profiling, but seem to have a double standard when profiling or policing theirselves. When they do and exhibit proof that they successfully intervene and prevent crimes with weapons, then more people will respect them. This means creating a "High Risk List" of people who are not yet owners, who exhibit poor conflict resolution skills, anti-social behavior, or unprosecuted substance abuse. This should include members of your own familly. The "Prying a gun out of my cold dead hands" theme is a chilling reminder of the anti-social extremist definace that good voting citizens find frightening. Even the US military won''t permit a person to enlist that was prescribed ritalin.
REALITY: It was a lie when the NRA made a similar allegation against Senator John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential campaign and it''s still a lie.
In the amendment cited by the ad, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) wanted to close a loophole in the existing Federal ban on "cop killer bullets" - armor-piercing ammunition. Current law was (and still is) based primarily on the characteristics of the projectile - the metal used, size and weight. Senator Kennedy''s amendment would have set up a system so that the Attorney General could test and then ban certain types of ammunition that were capable of piercing law enforcement body armor. The idea was to also have functional testing of ammunition, since manufacturers of armor-piercing ammunition could design around the characteristics in the federal law then (and still now) in place. It would have kept in place the exception in federal law that says that armor piercing ammunition does not include "a projectile which the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes."
The amendment language is available at:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2005_record&page=S9379&position=all
and http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S9380&dbname=2005_record
NRA AD CLAIM: "He also supports a ban on the shotguns
Check with the armor manufacturters spec. sheets. Soft body armor will stop most medium to high velocity handgun rounds traveling below 1500ft/secs. , but will not stop standard .22 long rifle or rounds exceeding the 1500ft/sec. threshold. Newer materials perform better, but normally the armor has to be made so it''s comfortable to wear. To make the armor capable of stopping high-power rifle ammo would make it prohibitively bulky and heavy, thus defeating it''s purpose.
This is the same issue that, according to Bill Clinton, helped defeat Al Gore. You''d think that the Democrats would learn NOT to restrict the 2nd Amendment gun rights of US citizens.
As a proud NRA member I donate to the NRA for such ad campaigns and will do everything I can to spread the word about Obama''s misguided opposition to my gun ownership.
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