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Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak
If you go by Obama's voting record, he is as anti-gun as they come. Though in the article he is quoted as saying "I believe in common-sense gun safety laws, and I believe in the second amendment. Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear."
The question is what to believe?
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What voting record?
Obama voted with the Republican majority on the Firearm Confiscation Prohibition Amendment that passed 84-16:
To prohibit the confiscation of a firearm during an emergency or major disaster if the possession of such firearm is not prohibited under Federal or State law.
U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote
....not the 16 Democrats (Boxer, Clinton, Durbin, Feiinstein, Kennedy, Shumer.....) who voted against it.
His vote on the Firearms Protection Liability Act was based on the belief that gun manufacturers should not have blanket liability protection that NO other industries in the country have.
His position on gun control in general is that it may, in some circumstances, be a local issue. If the majority of citizens of DC or San Fransisco or Bedford or Wichita want to enact local crime prevention laws that includes gun control that may go farther than the Brady Act
and pass a Constitutional test, that should be their right.
Its called federalism, something the right wants on other issues, but not guns...go figure.