This quote is of course a parody. Here is one of the President’s actual quotes from the International Association of Chief’s of Police conference on October 27, 2015.
“Every time a mass shooting happens, one of the saddest ironies is that suddenly the purchase of firearms and ammunition jumps up because folks are scared into thinking that Obama is going to use this as an excuse to take away our Second Amendment rights. Nobody is doing that.”
Over and over we’ve heard the President claim nobody wants to take away our firearms or our Second Amendment rights. Unfortunately, as we found out from his Affordable Care Act quote, this is not the case.
“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”
Here is the reality of what’s going on. In municipalities, states and in Congress, new draconian restrictions on firearms and ammunition are being introduced at a blistering rate. All claiming to fully respect the Second Amendment, yet at the same time stripping law abiding citizen’s rights, and yes, their lawfully owned firearms away from them.
Much of this is no doubt related to the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the Friedman v. City of Highland Park from the 7th Circuit Court. Invigorated by the lack of high court’s willingness to rule on this case, outright bans as well as registrations schemes are popping up around the country.
A quick note on firearms registrations laws: The reason, the only reason for a firearms registration is to facilitate a government’s ability to confiscate them later on. Long term or short term, all registrations have eventually led to confiscations.
And that’s what we see going on. In areas where certain types of firearms – most often, but not exclusively, those deemed unsuitable for civilian ownership and labeled as “assault weapons” are not being banned outright, they must be registered. These registered “assault weapons” can never be sold or given to another individual in the state, not even to descendants through inheritance. Once the current owner dies, the firearm must be removed from the state or surrendered to law enforcement with no compensation. The full registry of “assault weapons” is eliminated with the current generation.
On one hand we have the President of the United States standing before the American public and swearing that nobody is trying to take your guns. On the other hand, we have members of his own party in the nation’s capitol and around the country pursuing laws on what the President has called his highest priority issue. It leads us to a disturbing dilemma. Either the President does not know what is going on or he is not telling us the truth.
Personally, I find this to be one of the saddest aspects of what is happening. Our nation’s leaders stand up and make up a narrative they want the country to believe with little to no accountability. Press events and so-called town hall meetings are tightly controlled and scripted to create and distribute the story. And while it would never be acceptable to interrupt and call BS on a sitting US President – we must respect the office, even if we do not respect the individual in the position at the time – we absolutely must call these things out. We must call it what it is, BS.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, 2016 will be the year to be heard. Be respectful, be polite, but absolutely be heard.
Bob
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