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Posted at 11:09am on Jun. 28, 2008 A question we all know the answer to
By Neil Stevens
Are all the people who support publicly-funded abortions on the grounds that the Supreme Court declared abortion a right, now going to support publicly-funded handguns on the grounds that the Supreme Court affirmed gun ownership as an indivdiual right?
Posted at 9:46am on Jun. 26, 2008 All hail the steadfastness of the Constitutional Law Scholar! [Updated. Bumped.]
You know, I *almost* wish that the USSC upholds the DC handgun ban, now. *Almost.*
By Moe Lane
[UPDATE: Well, now we have a good range on this new revelation by Obama. It had to have happened after February of 2008:
Oddly enough, this video predates the Beltway primaries. Fancy that.]
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I don't, of course, because not being a Constitutional Law Scholar! I retain this naive belief that the 2nd Amendment is simply a straightforward confirmation of my individual right to own weapons, and that the typical reaction of the Founding Fathers to suggestions otherwise would be horrified laughter. Said naive belief is also shared by my party's candidate for President (H/T: Snowflakes in Hell), along with what looks to be most of the rest of the Congressional/Senate GOP.
But not the Constitutional Law Scholar! Back in 2007, the Chicago Tribune noted:
But the campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said that he '...believes that we can recognize and respect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and the right of local communities to enact common sense laws to combat violence and save lives. Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional.'
What a refreshingly unambiguous statement made that he made ther...
Obama Camp Disavows Last Year's 'Inartful' Statement on D.C. Gun Law
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Alexa Ainsworth Report: With the Supreme Court poised to rule on Washington, D.C.'s, gun ban, the Obama campaign is disavowing what it calls an "inartful" statement to the Chicago Tribune last year in which an unnamed aide characterized Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as believing that the DC ban was constitutional.
"That statement was obviously an inartful attempt to explain the Senator's consistent position," Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells ABC News.
Err, right. May I suggest that Senator Obama start putting a "Freshest if used by" date on all his speeches? It'd be a help, really.
Moe Lane
PS: Just in case the DC gun ban is upheld, I suggest that Obama supporters bookmark this site. Actually, bookmark it anyway: you're going to need it.
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