Barack Obama Tells Gun-Owners That They can Trust Him

 As I have written about before, since Barack Obama became the president-elect gun sales have skyrocketed all across the country. Fearful gun-owners are buying firearms in record numbers because of Barack Obama’s stance on gun ownership.

 Today Barack Obama had a few words for gun owners designed to reassure them that there is nothing to worry about.

I believe in common-sense gun safety laws, and I believe in the second amendment,” Obama said at a news conference. “Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear. I said that throughout the campaign. I haven’t indicated anything different during the transition. I think people can take me at my word

 If there is truly nothing to fear why does president-elect Obama feel it necessary to say anything at all. Perhaps he is trying to slow the sales of guns so that he will be able to implement his anti-gun stance more easily.

 As this article states, it isn’t what Obama has said during his campaign that has gun owners worried. Look at what he said, he hasn’t indicated anything, I find that an interesting choice of words. What does have gun owners worried is what his actual record is on gun control issues.

 National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said it’s not Obama’s words — but his legislative track record — that has gun-buyers flocking to the stores.

“Prior to his campaign for president, his record as a state legislator and as a U.S. Senator shows he voted for the most stringent forms of gun control, the most Draconian legislation, gun bans, ammunition bans and even an increase in federal excise taxes up to 500 percent for every gun and firearm sold,” Arulanandam said.

Obama answered “yes” in 1996 to a questionnaire from an Illinois group on whether he supported a handgun ban. But he later said a staffer filled out that answer and he did not support a ban.

 Barack Obama’s track record varies quite a bit from his rhetoric. If actions speak louder than words than Obama’s actions are shouting at gun owners. Again I come back to Obama’s use of the word indicated when he speaks about his stance on gun control. He didn’t indicate a strict gun control agenda but as his record shows he has a strict gun control agenda. Just because he didn’t indicate his anti-gun agenda doesn’t mean he doesn’t have an anti-gun agenda.

 He then goes on to say that he thinks  he can be taken at his word, not that he can be taken at his word. Another interesting choice of words. A slick talking politician like Obama chooses his words wisely and this is no exception. Everything that he says is well thought out in advance. He uses this term to abscond himself from the notion that he will not infringe on the second amendment.

 Meanwhile the anti-gun crowd believes that poeple who have bought guns since Obama became the commander-in-chief in waiting are just plain stupid.

We don’t dispute [the gun sales hike] because the numbers from the federal system certainly confirm that there is increased activity out there. We just think it’s a bit stupid,” said Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence.

 And he goes on and shows his ignorance of the second amendment with the following statement:

We don’t think these are first-time buyers. We think they are people who already have more than enough guns at their homes to protect themselves and are buying more.”

 The question here isn’t whether or not  somebody already has enough guns, the question here is the infringement on the right to own guns. There is no limitation to the number of guns a person can own. It is nobody’s business how many gins I own, how many guns you own, or how many guns any law abiding citizen owns. Who has the right to say that a person already has enough firearms and that they shouldn’t be allowed to buy another firearm? Nobody.

 So today Barack Obama found it necessary to try to appease gun owners, and why? Just because a report came out that said gun sales are up? That tells me he fears these statistics that he has heard about. Why else would he care? This is a blatant attempt by Obama to ease the minds of the pro-gun crowd and hopefully curtail what Obama sees as the scourge known as gun sales.

 The very fact that Obama found it neccessary to tell me that I can trust him on gun control is the very reason why I don’t.