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Originally Posted by USNRet, citing Wolf's Op Ed
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Cries of “Obama’s going to take your guns!” were so loud in conservative circles dating back a decade that very few people remember that the only two major gun bills Obama signed into law actually expanded the rights of gun owners.
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https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/1...esident-obama/
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The problem with citing someone else's opinion piece is that it can give the appearance that you endorse the point set forth.
Perhaps BHO himself provided his view of gun owners in 2008 when he derided people in the middle of the country as clinging to their guns. Of course, the implication that BHO hadn't any intention of restricting people's 2d Am. rights is false, and rests on mistaking BHO's political failure to overcome Senate resistance in 2013 for what he was "going to" do. In 2013, BHO pushed for and nearly obtained UBCs. His was so invested in new restrictions that within minutes of losing, he held a press conference to complain about it, blaming the "gun lobby", pressure from voters, republicans in the Senate and claiming that there were no arguments against the restrictions. He claimed it was a
shameful day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...f71_story.html
That this deception still shows up as an evaluation of BHO's 2d Am. record illustrates how difficult it can be to orient voters who aren't steeped in the issue.