On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:57:24 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:

> George Leppla wrote:
>>
>> Translation: Under the Obama administration, I now have more freedom to
>> own a gun than I did before.
>
> Correct.
>
>> Dury says people are buying guns as well as ammunition, creating a
>> shortage of both. He says people are buying the guns to protect
>> themselves because they perceive Obama's policies as socialist and
>> rewarding those "people who are not working hard." They are also afraid,
>> he says, of more restrictive gun laws.
>
> He came out of Illinois so people did expect him to pass Illinois style
> restrictive gun laws. Illinois gun laws keep getting overturned by the
> Supreme Court. Chicago based Illinois state, county and city
> politicians don't like that so they keep passing variations that stay in
> effect while the battle reuns up the the Supreme Court.
>
> What people don't seem to get is the President doesn't have all that
> much ability to push laws through nor does he have all that much
> influence on the Supreme Court. Whether he wanted to or not Obama could
> not push such laws through. He hasn't tried.

all true. yet it's an article of faith among 'winger gun nuts that obama's
fondest wish is to take their guns and ammo. they just *know* it.

your pal,
blake