The Real Gun Guys

Obama Owes Us an Apology

This according to Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. I agree.

OBAMA SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR INSULTING MILLIONS OF ARMED CITIZENS, SAYS
CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday insulted millions
of legally-armed American citizens when he told a Pennsylvania
newspaper that concealed carry poses a threat to innocent people, and
he should immediately apologize for that remark, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

Senator Obama, quoted by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, admitted,
“I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a
potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot
during) altercations.”

“American citizens have been responsibly carrying concealed
handguns for years in 48 states,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan
Gottlieb, co-author of America Fights Back: Armed Self-Defense in a
Violent Age, published by Merril Press. “These citizens go through
background checks, and in some states complete required training
courses. Statistically, these armed citizens are far less likely to
ever be involved in a crime than average citizens. They have stopped
crimes. They have sometimes aided police officers.

“Senator Obama,” he continued, “should not confuse
legally-armed, law-abiding Americans with inner-city thugs,
gang-bangers and other criminals who carry guns illegally. Thanks to
a revealing 1996 questionnaire bearing Mr. Obama’s handwriting from
his days as a candidate for the Illinois Senate, it’s clear he has
the good guys confused with the bad guys.”

That controversial questionnaire, which Obama originally claimed he
never saw, contained answers to questions that indicates he opposes
capital punishment and criminal prosecution of juveniles as adults,
is against mandatory sentencing and supports “alternative
sentencing.” He supported a ban on handguns and semiautomatic
sport-utility rifles, and mandatory waiting periods before Americans
could exercise their constitutional right to own a firearm.

“Barack Obama ignorantly believes that legally-armed Americans are
as reckless and irresponsible as the criminals with whom his
political sympathies evidently lay,” Gottlieb said. “He has been
insisting for months that he supports the Second Amendment right to
keep and bear arms, but here he is now campaigning in Pennsylvania,
stating essentially that he would prefer Americans not exercise that
right.

“Legally-armed citizens are also voters, Mr. Obama,” Gottlieb
stated, “and you have outrageously insulted every one of them. You
owe these good citizens an apology.”

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