- HERE ARE THE FACTS:
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- On the Second Amendment, Don't Believe Obama
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- The presidential primary season is finally over, and
it is now time for gun owners to take a careful look at just where nominee
Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During the
primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of support for "sportsmen"
or unfounded claims of general support for the right to keep and bear arms.
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- But his real record, based on votes taken, political
associations, and long standing positions, shows that Barack Obama is a
serious threat to Second Amendment liberties. Don't listen to his campaign
rhetoric! Look instead to what he has said and done during his entire political
career.
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- ****Numbers in Brackets correspond to supporting evidence
below****
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- FACT: Barack Obama opposes four of the five Supreme Court
justices who affirmed an individual right to keep and bear arms. He voted
against the confirmation of Alito and Roberts and he has stated he would
not have appointed Thomas or Scalia. (17)
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- FACT: Barack Obama voted for an Illinois State Senate
bill to ban and confiscate "assault weapons," but the bill was
so poorly crafted, it would have also banned most semi-auto and single
and double barrel shotguns commonly used by sportsmen. (18)
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- FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed
to bankrupt the firearms industry. (1)
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- FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and
discredited Clinton Gun Ban. (15)
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- FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition
commonly used for hunting and sport shooting. (3)
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- FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a 500% increase in the
federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition. (9)
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- FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun
ownership. (2)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports local gun bans in Chicago,
Washington, D.C., and other cities. (4)
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- FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and
the criminal prosecution of people who use firearms in self-defense. (5)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports gun owner licensing and gun
registration. (6)
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- FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court
Brief in support of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.
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- FACT: Barack Obama opposes Right to Carry laws. (7)
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- FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors
of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations
and "research." (8)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supported a proposal to ban gun stores
within 5 miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every
gun store in America. (9)
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- FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when
the state of Illinois did records searches on them. (10)
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- FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the
Firearms Owners Identification card age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure
designed to assist young people in the military. (11)
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- FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity
magazines. (12)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory micro-stamping.
(13)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory waiting periods.
(2)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment,
which prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being
used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers. (14)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports one-gun-a-month handgun purchase
restrictions.(16)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on inexpensive handguns.
(9)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on the resale of police
issued firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for replacement
equipment.(9)
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- FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory firearm training
requirements for all gun owners and a ban on gun ownership for persons
under the age of 21. (9)
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- ******
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- 1. United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 219, July
29, 2005. (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_
- cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00219)
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- 2. Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent Precinct
Organization general candidate questionnaire, Sept. 9, 1996. The responses
on this survey were described in "Obama had greater role on liberal
survey," Politico, March 31, 2008. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9269.html)
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- 3. United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 217, Kennedy
amendment July 29, 2005. (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/
- roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00217)
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- 4. David Wright, Ursula Fahy and Sunlen Miller, "Obama:
'Common Sense Regulation' On Gun Owners' Rights," ABC News' "Political
Radar" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, 2/15/08. (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/obama-common-se.html)
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- 5. Illinois Senate, SB 2165, March 25, 2004, vote 20
and May 25, 2004, vote 3.
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- 6. "Fact Check: No News In Obama's Consistent Record."
Obama '08, December 11, 2007. (http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/11/fact_check_no_news_in_obamas_c.php)
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- 7. "Candidates' gun control positions may figure
in Pa. vote," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Wednesday, April 2, 2008,
and "Keyes, Obama Are Far Apart On Guns," Chicago Tribune, 9/15/04.
(http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_560181.html)
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- 8. 1998 Joyce Foundation Annual Report, p. 7.
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- 9. "Obama and Gun Control," The Volokh Conspiracy,
taken from the Chicago Defender, Dec. 13, 1999. (<http://www.volokh.com/posts/1203389334.shtml)
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- 10. Illinois Senate, May 5, 2002, SB 1936 Con., vote
26.
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- 11. Illinois Senate, March 25, 2003, SB 2163, vote 18.
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- 12. "Clinton, Edwards, Obama on gun control,"
Radio Iowa, Sunday, April 22, 2007. (http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2007/04/clinton_edwards.html)
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- 13. Chicago Tribune blogs, "Barack Obama: NIU Shootings
call for action," February 15, 2008, (http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/barack_obama_comments_on_shoot.html)
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- 14. Barack Obama campaign website: "As president,
Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment . . ." (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/urbanpolicy/#crime-and-law-enforcement.)
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- 15. Illinois Senate Debate #3: Barack Obama vs. Alan
Keyes (http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Gun_Control.htm
- and http://www.ontheissues.org/IL_2004_Senate_3rd.htm)
Oct 21, 2004.
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- 16. Illinois Senate, May 16, 2003, HB 2579, vote 34.
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- 17. United States Senate vote 245, September 29, 2005
and vote 2, January 31, 2006 and Saddleback Forum, August 16, 2008.
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- 18. Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee, March 13, 2003.
To see the vote tally go to:
- http://www.nrapvf.org/Media/pdf/sb1195_obama.pdf.
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