RNC issue ad on Obama's 2nd amendment position

hahahahahahahahaha!

now that's funny. i love how it appeals to peoples ignorance of the full text and meaning of the second amendment. gee if only the nra could rewrite that amendment and bend it to the meaning that they prefer by taking out the whole application of the amendment to militias!

then, "hard working, law abiding citizens have for generations enjoyed this right." why do they leave out that "hard working" murders and criminals and mentally unstable kids have also enjoyed that "right" by imposing their wrath upon the general public, not with fists or knives, but with automatic and semiautomatic guns?

misquoting obama (and out of context, no less) as saying that "people cling to guns in times of economic distress" as some sort of evidence that obama will take our guns away is a hoot. i suppose that the religious right will misquote him and say that obama also wants to take away our freedom of religion!

"his anti gun record is long" and lists 2 illinois senate bills regarding gun ownership. wow. does it give his reasons for why he voted the way he did?

i would have voted against sb2165, too because it provided a reason for breaking an existing municipal ordinance. the local municipality had a previous regulation on gun ownership, and this bill provided a legal defense for violating the previous law.

i would have voted for sb1195, too (as would have most residents of illinios http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2005/march/gunban.shtml). it's reasonable gun control legislation:

Prohibits the knowing manufacture, delivery, and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons, large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and assault weapon attachments. Provides for an affirmative defense to a violation for peace officers, correctional institution employees and officers, members of the Armed Services and Reserve Forces of the United States, and the Illinois National Guard while these persons are in the performance of their duties.

next?

Typical RNC. They can't have an honest argument, so they twist quotes out of context, and cite a couple of billls that, as anonymous reincarnate pointed out, had some serious flaws. They also quote only part of the second amendment, adhering to the NRA edited version of the same. I guess that bit about a well regulated militia is too much work to understand.

Hey, it worked for them before, and I guess the Rev. Wright 'issue' got worn out . But no worries, they'll be flogging that dead horse soon as well. We also can look forward to gays, flag burning, and other issues that affect almost no Americans at all but bring out the usual fools.

That kind of trivial pursuit can be ok if the country faces no serious problems, but now it is not acceptable.

"obama will take our guns away is a hoot."

Obama does want to take away guns. He supports the ban on handguns in DC. And the Constitution is clear and so is the intent of the framers -- the citizens have a right to defend themselves against even the government.