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Adak · 12-12-2012, 04:38 AM

Obama Finds Legal Way Around The 2nd. Amendment and Uses It. The Full Article Here http://www.reuters.com/article/polit...59E0Q920091015

Subject: Obama Takes First Step in Banning All Firearms On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States.

This was reported in Reuters, and immediately caused all kinds of rumors to circulate like wildfire. In retrospect, it was apparently a bit of an overstatement by Reuters, and the comment by ex-UN Ambassador Bolton, was also too strong.
, but it roused the 2nd amendment defenders, all across the country. Rumors ran on fleet feet, with just enough truth behind them to give them credence.

1) Obama was going to increase the existing 11% excise tax on all ammunition. Ammo would still be legal, but you'd pay dearly to own it. Caused a HUGE run on ammo, and prices soared.

2) Since the WSJ (Wall St. Journal) broke the story in 2009 about the majority of weapons in Mexico, believed to have come from the Southwest States, this rumor stated that Obama was looking to use that as an excuse to restrict right to carry laws, on the Federal level.

This was hugely blunted when then news broke that it was Obama's guy Eric Holder over in the Justice Dept., who had initiated all these guns going into Mexico, in a fiasco called "Gun Runner" and also "Fast and Furious". Since it was a line item in the expense report, Obama had to know about it - it was believed.

Everything most damning has been stonewalled by Holder, and when demanded by a court to turn them over, Obama stepped in and claimed Executive Privilege, to stop it. It's been on-going for 2 and 1/2 years or so, with Darryl Issa's committee. It seems likely the full truth will never be known.

12-12-2012, 04:38 AM	#68
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	Obama Finds Legal Way Around The 2nd. Amendment and Uses It. The Full Article Here http://www.reuters.com/article/polit...59E0Q920091015 Subject: Obama Takes First Step in Banning All Firearms On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States. This was reported in Reuters, and immediately caused all kinds of rumors to circulate like wildfire. In retrospect, it was apparently a bit of an overstatement by Reuters, and the comment by ex-UN Ambassador Bolton, was also too strong. , but it roused the 2nd amendment defenders, all across the country. Rumors ran on fleet feet, with just enough truth behind them to give them credence. 1) Obama was going to increase the existing 11% excise tax on all ammunition. Ammo would still be legal, but you'd pay dearly to own it. Caused a HUGE run on ammo, and prices soared. 2) Since the WSJ (Wall St. Journal) broke the story in 2009 about the majority of weapons in Mexico, believed to have come from the Southwest States, this rumor stated that Obama was looking to use that as an excuse to restrict right to carry laws, on the Federal level. This was hugely blunted when then news broke that it was Obama's guy Eric Holder over in the Justice Dept., who had initiated all these guns going into Mexico, in a fiasco called "Gun Runner" and also "Fast and Furious". Since it was a line item in the expense report, Obama had to know about it - it was believed. Everything most damning has been stonewalled by Holder, and when demanded by a court to turn them over, Obama stepped in and claimed Executive Privilege, to stop it. It's been on-going for 2 and 1/2 years or so, with Darryl Issa's committee. It seems likely the full truth will never be known. Last edited by Adak; 12-12-2012 at 05:00 AM.