The Obama administration is determined to tighten gun regulations and background checks, and to add hundreds or thousands of veterans to a list that will prevent them from buying guns for sport, personal protection, or simply for pleasure because “guns are dangerous and can fall into the hands of criminals and terrorists.” At least that is the purported aim. Many of these people will lose their Constitutional right to own a firearm without any due process. And the real secret is the long term objective, which is to confiscate all guns from law abiding citizens, whether that takes months or years.
The irony is that while the Obama administration has been working overtime to take guns away from any number of Americans (and we are talking tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands), the Justice Department, under the direction of Attorney Eric Holder, launched a program called Fast and Furious early in Obama’s first term that placed thousands of guns in the hands of criminals, including exceedingly violent gang members, with the purported purpose of “tracking” them to Mexican drug lords, thus allowing Mexican and U.S. police to arrest and incarcerate these criminals. The end result, however, was that the Justice Department lost track of virtually all of the weapons, with a few notable exceptions.
So while Obama is doing everything possible to take guns away from law-abiding citizens, he was handing hundreds of high-powered weapons to criminals and other bad guys.
How does that make sense?
See where Fast and Furious weapons ended up, page 2:
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Sherry you truly need to educate yourself . One day very your going to be hiding behind someone with a gun, and since you think there no need for them, and you don’t believe in them, first the as far as believing they really do exist, so that point is mute. Second go get yourself a gun free Zone sign and place it on your front lawn.
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Rick Sage, I’ve made it 60 years on this earth without ever needing a gun. I am fine with people owning guns as long as they are careful, cautious about when and where to use them, lock them up around children and teenagers, law abiding (no criminal record), and mentally stable people. I don’t believe anyone needs an AR type gun but if you meet the criteria above I have no problem with you owning a gun to hunt or protect your home. However, there are a lot of people who do not meet the criteria above who should not have guns or access to guns at all – ever. I believe we need much better background checks and longer waiting periods. I think, like cars, they should be registered and licensed. And I think if you are careless with your gun (for instance, a child gets your gun and shoots himself or someone else) you lose your privilege to own a gun. So meet those criteria, stay completely responsible, and no problem! And I question the sanity and responsibility of people who would object to those criteria. Guns are extremely dangerous and should be treated as such instead of like toys. And your last statement is insulting (I have every right to my opinion), extremely disrespectful, and could be taken as a threat. I’m a highly educated, intelligent, hard working, responsible, ethical human being and think I am quite reasonable in my beliefs. I would never wish harm to you as you evidently do to me.
I’m done. I will no longer respond to ANY remarks on this thread since they have progressively degenerated into insults and rude attacks towards me. I have every right to my opinion and to express it (as do you). I have put a lot of thought and research into forming my opinions. But I won’t tolerate rudeness, attacks, ignorance, or threats. We have a serious violence problem and lack of respect problem in our country. It’s not something that can be solved with more weapons. If we can’t communicate with each other and find solutions – which very well may mean compromises – we are doomed. Goodbye.
Arrest zer0 for war crimes.
send all of the adm to france to stand trial for thier part in that
That’s how you know the CIA is behind it.
Good thing they were registered
They didn’t do the right paper work for the transfer plus no background checks
What are those fines
Can the government be sued for selling guns like manufacturer