Remember, this is a guy, along with his family, who has been protected by people carrying firearms, including fully automatic weapons, from submachine guns to high caliber rifles. And high power sniper rifles. And will be protected for the rest of his life. Nobody will be breaking into the Obama’s homes, no one will try and rob them, no one will be able to carjack them, rape them, etc. But, for you icky peasants
Barack Obama says public attitudes around gun rights have to be reshaped
Former President Barack Obama says public attitudes around gun rights have to be reshaped.
“CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson visited the former president in Chicago to take a look at the important work of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, an Obama Foundation program that tries to help create change and opportunity for boys and young men of color in communities across the country.
The alliance has started a new initiative where cities and towns that have had success reducing violence and increasing graduation rate have been chosen to share their best practices with other communities.
In an interview with Burleson, Obama offered some ideas on the topic of gun violence.
“Now, part of that work has to be done not just in those communities that already want to do something about gun violence. We have to also actively reach out to communities where gun ownership is an important tradition, right?” Obama said.
I wonder, are they making any progress in those poor, inner city areas? Or just focused on you law abiding citizens who passed background checks?
“So, us being able to listen to and speak to those traditions while saying, ‘Yes, but that’s not incompatible with us doing something about just the flood of military-grade weapons on the streets. We can do something about that,'” Obama said. “What MBK is also about is recognizing that it’s not an either/or question – either we eliminate all guns, or there’s nothing we can do about violence. It’s a recognition [that] it’s a both/and problem.”
In other words, you need to be forced to change your beliefs, comrade. Yet, CBS “reporter” Nate Burleson failed Journalism 101 in asking Obama why it’s OK for him to have all that armed protection, but, not the average American. I have two guns, a .22 pistol and a 9mm pistol, and I plan on getting a smaller 9mm for concealed carry. I have no rifle, no shotgun. And, this is none of Obama’s fucking business. Anyhow, yes, the public’s attitude around gun rights has to change. It needs to go from fear to understanding that the gun is not the problem, but the person behind the gun is. And what flood of military guns on the street? See that is part of the problem, as there are no military guns on the street unless you count the ones in the hands of security forces like what Obama has.
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