[TheRealThing]

When did he mention "taking" guns?

Somebody said it was in the same breath that he said he would legalize same sex marriage, and when he said the passage of ObamaCare would guarantee the average family a "$2,500 yearly" windfall and "if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance," and "there isn't a smidgeon of corruption in the IRS."

At any rate, here is what Eric Holder said about gun control, and last I heard the US Attorney General works for the President; "I think, the single failure that I point to in my time as attorney general that I was not able to … convince Congress to enact meaningful, reasonable gun-safety measures." NOTE: Liberal spin deleted in he spirit of accuracy and clarity. :biggrin:

But, all that aside Motley, maybe you can clarify what the President meant when speaking about the shooting in South Carolina he said, "there has to be a shift in how the American people think about the issue of gun violence collectively." What about the weekly blood bath in his adopted home state of Illinois where his bosom buddy is mayor of Chicago? I'm going out on a limb here and suggest that those gun crimes in Chi-town are committed with IL-legal guns. In 2014 somebody got shot in Chicago every 3 minutes and 19 seconds. So far in 2015, 1250 have been shot. Why did the South Carolina crime cry out for him to put his Presidential stamp on it while Chicago goes unmentioned?

How is it going to stop criminals with illegally gotten guns from shooting people by making the process much harder for legal gun purchases? I mean, there is a difference between legal and illegal, right? The basic premise is if you're a law abiding citizen you have the right to "keep and bear arms" ---George Mason, founding father and co-author of the 2nd Amendment.