AP: "Obama Supports Individual Gun Rights"
By AndrewHyman Posted in 2008 — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
That's the Associated Press headline, but let's look at what the article actually says: "At his news conference, he voiced support for the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, which is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court next month." Hmm. I guess Associated Press meant that Obama supports the inalienable right of an individual to obediently surrender his handgun to the government.
Suppose that an individual refuses. Would Obama waive all penalties for first-time gun control offenders, like he would for first-time drug users? Some drug users are addicts, and some are not (I don't know which Obama was when he was a teen). Why would non-addicts need the government's "help" to quit using cocaine, as Obama suggests? And why does Obama think that forcibly separating a cocaine addict from cocaine is not a legitimate tool for ending the addiction? Maybe the Associated Press can explain all this, because I have no idea.
(cross-posted at ConfirmThem)
Hmmmm. I wonder why.
In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead. (Rule #11 of the public policy process)