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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Looking at your first point. Obama, as a State Senator, voted against legislation legislation that allowed a loop hole for gun owners who violated local gun laws when they used their guns for self-defense in their home. So on one hand we have local gun law and on the other we have the issue of the use of a fire arm when a person's life is threatened in their own home. The NRA's position and the position of the legislation Obama voted against, is that a person should not be subject to local criminal penalty if they properly use a firearm in their own home to defend life even if the ownership of the weapon violated local law.
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The loophole applies even if the home owner possessed the gun illegally.
But the larger issue for me is the fact that the
NRA spends $millions, including an estimated $40 million this year to falsely define or mischaracterize Obama's (and congressional candidates) positions on gun control.
Could it be because they can't defend their position on the facts.....since, according to most polls, a majority of Americans share Obama's position of supporting reasonable federal gun control along with some level of state/local autonomy.