Obama Politicizes the Oregon Shooting


Oregonian families are reeling in devastating pain and the one man who should rise above the political fray in this situation chooses to use it as a political platform.

The president was clearly angry with the frequency of mass shootings in America — and critics who said he was politicizing the issue. “This is something we should politicize,” he said earnestly. “It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic.”

He launched an emotional appeal for (sic) more gun control, but he didn’t hold back when condemning Second Amendment supporters.

Since taking office, Obama has had eleven mass shootings with which to deal.  He said the responses to the shooting have become routine and that “We’ve become numb.”  Yet, nothing in his rhetoric has changed, nothing that he has proposed looks at the person with the gun, but rather the gun itself.

In Obama’s fantasy-land, he would round up every last gun, there would be none left and he would melt them all down.  In his imagination, even the bad guys would not be able to hide their weapons and thus all guns would be gone and violence would not happen anymore.

In reality, only the good guys who follow the law of the land would be hurt by this plan, because criminals don’t care about being law abiding.  Understanding human nature seems to escape the left.

“The notion that gun violence is somehow different, that our freedom and our constitution prohibits any modest regulation of how we use a deadly weapon … it doesn’t make sense,” he said.

Modest regulation is what we have in this country.  Every city and state has gun regulations on the books.  Criminals don’t abide by them.  Instead of dealing with the criminal elements, the left screams for more regulation. They propose more laws that have demonstrably done harm in countries around the world who have stringent gun laws.

Taking away the liberty and freedom of an entire nation because of the few bad apples, while not changing the way criminals are managed and the mentally ill are cared for in this country, is the only answer liberals seem to have after such a tragic event.   After eleven shootings on Obama’s watch, one would think a different game plan would be entertained.

Source:  Breitbart

 



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