Obama's 9/5 second amendment statement (Taliban, illegal, crimes, Barack Obama)

[Manigault]

"This has been peddled again and again. Here’s what I believe: that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right and it means something -- that people have a right to bear arms."

Obama said that there must be a middle-ground where gun rights can be supported and gun control measures can take effect to protect folks.

"We should have mechanisms to trace guns that are used in crimes back to the gun dealers that sold them to shut down supplies of illegal guns. That kind of thing is common sense, and it has nothing to do with the guy who has got his rifle and wants to go hunting.”

He also mentioned this as to the NRA:

"Their general attitude is ... if you even breathe the word gun control or gun safety, then you must want to take away everybody’s guns. Well, that’s just not true.

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I think the NRA is one of America's closest mirrors of the Taliban. Either you believe exactly what it says or you are an opponent of the second amendment. It ain't necessarily so!

[sacredgrooves]

There are absolutely NO measures the gov't can take to prevent criminals from using illegal guns. Laws are only for people that are willing to obey them.
DEALERS do not supply illegal guns, they supply legal guns. Criminals that want to use firearms for violent crime certainly do not go to dealers to get them lol. This is nothing more than spouting theory that does not work in the real world in the name of pandering.

ps- I am not a gun owner.

[Manigault]

That would be a lot more persuasive if no one lost a gun in a home burglary or if guns were not used in domestic violence situations.